Prince Caspian

Prince Caspian

The 4^th book in The Chronicles of Narnia series

Reviewed by Sawyer H.

Sitting on a train station bench were the siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. It was a sleepy morning. The train station was almost deserted. All of a sudden, Lucy said, “Ow!” Edmund was about to ask Lucy what was wrong, when he too said, “Ow!” “Susan let go!” said Peter. “I’m not touching you,” said Susan “someone is pulling me.” “This is magic I can feel it" said Edmund.

Then the bench, the luggage, and the platform disappeared. Then they were in a thick wood so thick that you could hardly see a yard in front of you. "Peter do you think we could be back in Narnia?" said Lucy excitedly. "We could be anywhere." said Peter. “Let’s try to get out to the open… if there is any."

With some difficulty, a few nettle stings, and thorn pricks, the children stumbled upon a beach. There was no land in sight or clouds in the sky. The sun was where it should be at 11:00 in the morning. Five minutes later, everybody was barefoot and wading in the water.

"This is better than being on a stuffy train on the way back to Latin, French and Algebra." said Edmund. Then for quite a long time, there was no more talking, just splashing and looking for shrimps and crabs. “All the same,” said Susan “I suppose we’ll have to make some plans. We shall want something to eat before long.”

“We’ve got the sandwiches Mother gave us for the journey,” said Edmund. “At least I’ve got mine.” “Not me,” said Lucy. “Mine were in my little bag.” “So were mine,” said Susan. “Mine are in my coat-pocket, there on the beach.” said Peter. “That’ll be two lunches among four. This isn’t going to be such fun.”

“At present,” said Lucy, “I want something to drink more than something to eat.” Everyone else now felt thirsty, as one usually is after wading in salt water under a hot sun. “It’s like being shipwrecked,” remarked Edmund, “In the books they always find springs of clear, fresh water on the island. We’d better go and look for them.”

“Does that mean that we have to go back into all that thick wood?” said Susan “Not a bit of it,” said Peter, “If there are streams they are bound to come down to the sea, and if we walk along the beach we’re bound to come to them.”

This book makes me feel adventurous, exited, happy, and always on the edge of my seat. This is not the first time they have been to Narnia, but Narnia has changed. In Narnia you can stay for years and years and when you leave almost no time at all has passed.

 When you are here, time in Narnia seems to speed up. For example, if you were here for a year it would be thousands of years in Narnia. That is the case of Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy

These siblings are going to "Aslan's How", a cracked stone table with ancient writing on it with a maze of tunnels under it. (The Stone Table, you will know what this is if you've read the other Chronicles of Narnia series.) It sits atop a lush green hill in the land of Narnia, with a forest to one side and on the other side an ocean.

  In the book, they encounter the three Bulgy Bears, Prince Caspian, Trufflehunter the badger, Trumpkin the dwarf and three Centaurs. They have to work together to defeat the evil. Because so much time has passed in Narnia it is a very different experience for Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.