The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165 (Adventure Library (Warsaw, N.D.).)
by Allen French
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Author: Allen FrenchIllustrator: Andrew Wyeth
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-07
ISBN: 1883937299
Number of pages: 370
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
Book Reviews of The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165 (Adventure Library (Warsaw, N.D.).)
Book Review: A Great Adventure, but.....
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Red Keep" is a very compelling adventure story set in the Middle Ages. The relationships Conan has with his friend and with the monks is very well developed. Any young boy would find the story lending to a lasting impression.
However, the book is not a good role model for "both boys and girls," for while it appears as if "the heroine" will be a major part of the story, she is not. The young girl is left out of all the fun stuff of secret passages and treasures and mystery. Instead, she is ignored in the story line and waits, like an obedient female, until her hero makes good at the end.
The book is NOT "culturally and ethnically sensitive," but rather relies on stereotypes of persecuted peoples that Conan always makes excuses for and rescues from "other" people's perceptions. While placing a person of "difference" within the story may have been, in its time, seen as acceptance and "sensitive," it truly is neither accepting or "sensitive," but full of stereotypes that do not need to be perpetuated.
Read it. Have your children read it. But be prepared to acknowldege what is there, and discuss how these sentiments are false and harmful to someone's identity, both from a personal as well as a societal perspective.
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