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The Conch Bearer (Brotherhood of the Conch)
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780689872426
ISBN: 0689872429
Label: Aladdin
Manufacturer: Aladdin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: February 22, 2005
Publisher: Aladdin
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Aladdin
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Editorial Review:
In a dingy shack in the less-than-desirable Indian neighborhood he calls home, twelve-year-old Anand is entrusted with a conch shell that possesses mystical powers. His task is to return the shell to its rightful home many hundreds of miles away. Accompanying him are Nisha, a headstrong but resourceful child of the streets, and a mysterious man of indeterminate age and surprising resources named Abadhyatta. His quest will take him farther from home than he's ever been and will teach him more than he ever imagined -- and it will force him to make a poignant decision that will change him forever.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Superb - for all ages
The book takes you to the Silver Valley in the Himalayas - full of fantasy, action and adventure. People of all ages will enjoy.
Rating:  - Average writing, great concepts
I absolutely LOVED the premise of the book. In plot, Chitra's book is clever but the writing was not as tight as I would like. It had too many adverbs and poorly constructed sentences that distracted the reader from this wonderful story. There was more "showing" and less "telling" and a lot of narrative that could have been replaced by action or dialogue. The storyline became a little too complicated and the ending, although a clever surprise was not entirely believable. It felt contrived, done, ... Read More
Rating:  - The Conch Bearer: A Review
The Conch Bearer is a fine book, but not great. It does a good job of following the traditional hero cycle, but not much more.
As not a particular lover of fantasy, I was not that impressed with the quality of writing. The characters were, admittedly, well-thought-out, but with not much feeling and progression.
Basically, I didn't really like it, but I wanted to see what would happen in the end, so I just kept reading. I was assigned this book as part of our hero unit. If it ... Read More
Rating: - The Conch Bearer : student review
The setting of the story is in Kolkata, India. It is about a boy who works in a tea stall striving to help his mother and sister who is ill.
One day an old man walks in the store and the store owner yells and insults him to leave, But Arnand shows remorse and gives the man some tea and food. Seeing the compassion in Arnads heart the old man follows him home, and invites him to go on a journey with him to return the magical conch.
With this man he goes on a journey across the Himalayas to ... Read More
Rating: - A great story
The Conch Bearer starts with a young Indian boy named Anand in the middle of what starts off as a routine day. He is a 12-year-old boy who because of his circumstances has to labor for minimal wages under a mean and nasty boss named Haru. Anand and his family are coping as best they can after having lost contact and support from his father. He can no longer afford the luxury of going to school, which was difficult for his mother as well as himself. It also pains her that her son has to work and live in ... Read More
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