The only things getting dill through senior year are his guitar and his fellow outcasts, travis and lydia. The southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page. Committed to making creativity a part of his everyday life, zentner wrote both his debut novel, the serpent king, and his followup book, goodbye days, on his iphone while taking the bus to and from work. Im a childrens librarian who loves to read young adult fiction and your book serpent king touched my heart it made me cry several times. Jan 26, 2017 the serpent king is a difficult book in my opinion. Send a message with the six options in order of your preference upon pledging. Committed to making creativity a part of his everyday life, zentner wrote both his debut novel, the serpent king, and his followup book, goodbye days, on his. Jun 22, 2016 the serpent king by jeff zentner summary dill has had a rough life. Mar 28, 2016 the serpent king is a beautiful coming of age story told from the point of view of three high school seniors. Morris award winner, the serpent king is the critically acclaimed, muchbeloved story of three teens who find themselvesand each otherwhile on the cusp of graduating from high school with hopes of leaving their smalltown behind. The movie is about an ancient basilisk which terrorizes the town of pueblo springs, colorado after it is awakened from its 2,000 year long sleep. This story, its writing, is so powerful that from the very first page, it makes you feel like you are there, witnessing everything happening to the main characters, crying and laughing with them, getting your heart broken if i might add, a lot of times, and then leaving you at the end with a smile on your face. I read the blurb, and was thinking to myself, no way am i going to enjoy this book. King james bible king james version kjv search the bible.
The serpent king book chicago public library bibliocommons. It shows us that life, even one full of struggle, is still worth living. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The serpent kings domain plus you may have a place andor character named in your honor, illustrated by russ nicholson, and immortalized ingame as per the authors. The son of a pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural forrestville, tennessee without letting the smalltown culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self. The serpent is universally esteemed a legitimate symbol of freemasonry. What should i do when travelling on from one book to the next. Stephanie perkins, new york times bestselling author the serpent king gripped me in its coils and kept me turning pages late into the night.
Download the serpent king in pdf and epub formats for free. Of course, im unable to say definitively whether or not its at the table for realcommittee, but im always intrigued by religious themed or even slightly. Feel free to discuss the book throughout the month, and no spoiler codes are necessary. Cursed with monstrous snakes that grow out of the kings shoulders, the serpent king grows infamous throughout the land for his treachery and oppression. The serpent king by jeff zentner evanston public library. Dill is quiet and moody and has to deal with the troubling past of his family name.
I even put off reading it until the very last minute. The serpent king author jeff zentner on his new book goodbye days duration. Zentners story focuses on dill, a high school senior whose life has been shattered because his preacher father was sent to prison for a particularly unpleasant crime. Synopsis the book takes places over the senior year of dill, travis, and lydia, and these are full, complex characters. The serpent is a novel by british writer jane gaskell. Overview named to ten best of the year lists and selected as a william c. I recently read jeff zentners debut novel, the serpent king, and was thoroughly absorbed by this modernday story of religion, fidelity, crime, love, and music. Dill, the protagonist teenager desperate to leave home after high school to follow his dreams, is an instantly sympathetic figure with whom so many young adults will be able to identify. The serpent king is a captivating tale of three friends, who are different from each other in every way possible, but still manages to form a strong and beautiful friendship. The following novels are atlan, the city and some summer lands. This gorgeous paperback edition with a fullcolor stepback cover will have teens everywhere. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. If youre going to live, you might as well do painful, brave, and beautiful things. Im hardpressed to name a more fitting ya evocative of jacqueline woodsons brown girl dreaming than the serpent king, in terms, at least, of the way the two made me feel while soaking up on the language.
Jeff zentners debut novel, the serpent king, deserves all the praises and hype it has been receiving. Han further develops her cast, pushing them to new maturity and leaving few stones unturned. The serpent king paperback the elliott bay book company. When i did pick it up this week, i was happy to find that the serpent king iskind of thatbut completely different. Before becoming a writer, jeff zentner was a singersongwriter and guitarist who recorded with iggy pop, nick cave, and debbie harry. How the serpent became satan biblical archaeology society. A triumph of love and dignity, new york times bestselling author. The story is told from three different point of view. The story focuses the most around dill, but all three characters are developed. Named one of the most anticipated ya books of 2016 by paste magazine and. John corey whaley, national book award finalist and printz award winner.
The serpent king gripped me in its coils and kept me turning its pages late into the night. This gorgeous paperback edition with a fullcolor stepback cover will have teens everywhere itching to discover the book that everyone is talking about. Make a note of the entry youll be turning to in the new book. Lydia is the founder of a popular fashion blog, although the fame brought on by it does not help her whatsoever when it comes to the high school food chain. Dill has always been branded as an outsider due to his family heritage as snake handlers and poison drinkers, an essential part of their pentecostal faith. Two of the most esteemed kings in all of freemasonry were solomon, king of israel, and hiram, the phoenician king of tyre who provided masons cedar and gold for the building of solomons temple. When you do get that book, you can always return and venture onwards. The serpent king by jeff zentner 15,661 ratings, 4. John corey whaley, national book award finalist and printz award winner dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole lifeat home, as the only son of a pentecostal minister. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Mar 08, 2016 a touching debut chronicles the comingofage of three high school seniors, misfits and best friends. Feb 28, 2016 the serpent king is a book you wont be able to resist or forget. On the one hand, the title totally had me fooled for a fantasy novel, but more importantly, i didnt feel like it was a book i could instantly connect to. The characters ping from event to event with emotions always at the forefront.
March 8th 2016 by crown books for young readersrandom house source. The serpent king quotes showing of 44 if youre going to live, you might as well do painful, brave, and beautiful things. The stories are set in atlantis and south america the serpent was also published split into two books, titled the serpent and the. May 27, 2016 the serpent king is what book clubs are for. He has been a guitarist and songwriter, having released five albums before focusing his attention on writing novels for young adults. Review of the serpent king by jeff zentner, plus backstory and other interesting facts about the book.
Neither dill, travis, nor lydia feels at home in forrestville, a small tennessee town named after the founder of the klu klux klan. The heartrending story focuses on three high school seniors and best friends in rural tennessee. The serpent king was the hype or like friday selection for the month of january, and i can honestly say that i would not have picked this book up had it not been the book of the month. The serpent king book central rappahannock regional. Jan 27, 2017 the serpent king was the hype or like friday selection for the month of january, and i can honestly say that i would not have picked this book up had it not been the book of the month. Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole lifeat home, as the only son of a pentecostal minister who urges him to.
It is the first part of the atlan series, a set of four or five fantasy novels set in prehistoric times. The serpent king is jeff zentners debut novel, and what a novel it is. The serpent king is a book you wont be able to resist or forget. The illustrations explode into flamboyant threedimensional constructions. Of course, im unable to say definitively whether or not its at the table for realcommittee, but im always intrigued by religious themed or even slightly religious flavored fiction for teens. The serpent king is a difficult book in my opinion. The serpent king by jeff zentner bookish and awesome. Hes the son of a pentecostal, snakehandling preacher and now the target for the bullies at school that hate him for his fathers faith and crimes. And he said unto the woman, yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. Committed to making creativity a part of his everyday life, zentner wrote both his debut novel, the serpent king, and his followup book, goodbye days, on his iphone while taking the. The story is being told from each characters perspective, and each one of.
The serpent king is a mesmerizing piece of fiction one full of heartbreak and wonderment. The serpent king by jeff zentner big city bookworm. The serpent king is a 2006 film starring jeremy london, wendy carter, cleavant derricks, griff furst, sarah skeeters, stephen furst, yancy butler, doug dearth and bashar rahal. This is a three star title, and had some conversation in the comments of our initial list post. Jan 20, 2017 the serpent king author jeff zentner on his new book goodbye days duration. The serpent king by jeff zentner andersenpenguin random house, march 2016 is such a book. The bulletin of the center for childrens books starred. The serpent king by jeff zentner summary dill has had a rough life. The serpent king is a beautiful coming of age story told from the point of view of three high school seniors. The serpent king book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. You can really tell by your lyricism that you are a songwriter extraordinaire. The story is being told from each characters perspective, and each one of them taking this story forward with their own.
As dills story comes to a close and he reflects on all hes overcome, he admits, ill miss this. This is an alternate cover edition for asin b00zne17d2dill ha. Theyre unpopular but intelligent, creative, caring, and loyal to one another. I also havent criedactual tears i had to remove my glassesover a book in a while. New york journal of books zahhak, the legend of the serpent king has all the ingredients of the blackest eastern tale.