The Foretelling | 
 enlarge | Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 57074
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0316154091
EAN: 9780316154093
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Now available in paperback, The Foretelling is a transformative story that asks many profound questions, for which there are many answers. Rain is girl of the Amazon tribe of women warriors, born in a time of blood and fear. As the future leader of her people, she must seek and hold fast to her inner warrior. What she encounters along her poignant and harrowing path toward her destiny-a kind young man, a strange, recurrent prophecy, and a condemned baby brother-lead her, against odds, to forge mercy, love, and peace.
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Women Warriors October 20, 2005
Amanda L. Addison (Gainesville, GA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a newly released young adult fantasy novel about Amazonian women warriors (rock on!) who breed and live with horses in a sprit of sisterhood. The tale concerns Rain, an Amazon princess, who has ominous dreams of a black horse. Rain, who is the product of her mother's rape by fifty men, is ignored by her mother the Queen. Rain struggles with preparing for her upcoming rule, her mother's coldness, disagreements with her culture, and forbidden love. She also finds a sister, Io, in the daughter of her mother's female lover. Both Io and her mother were slaves in a patriarchal culture and each have a snake tattoo for each man that has raped them. Io's mother has over 200 snake tattoos. This book addresses goddess spirituality, sexuality, feminism, sexual violence, pacifism, and individuality. It is an exciting and quick read and a Girl-Power infused story.
Beautiful and Compelling July 15, 2006
Doug Hiser
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
My name is Doug Hiser, author of the 2006 novel,The Honey Bee Girl. I have been reading and collecting Alice Hoffman books since I discovered Turtle Moon. I have read them all and The Fortelling is my favorite. I loved her narrative and moving story. In some ways it reminded me of Clan of the Cave Bear and also of mystical ancient cultures that we see only in dreams. Alice Hoffman's prose is the main reason I fell in love with her books. She is the magic realism of writing the way Michael Parks is of the dreamlike reality of art and Frank Frazetta is the master of fantasy painting. The Fortelling is a short work of literary genius accessible to everyone. She has deep intense knowledge of the emotions and feelings that most people can only guess about. Discover her writing through this compelling work and then find your way into her other books. You won't be disappointed. Doug Hiser
Ride like the wind with Rain September 30, 2005
Peggy Tibbetts (Silt, CO USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Rain was born out of the violence and sorrow of rape to Alina, Queen of the Amazon warrior tribe. From a very young age she has always known she was the Queen-to-be, destined to take her mother's place. Because of the terrible circumstances of her birth, Rain wasn't raised or trained by her mother. In fact the Queen barely even looked at her. She was raised instead by Deborah, the priestess who foretells of another secret destiny in her future. Trained by her warrior cousins Asteria and Astella, she dedicates herself to becoming the best horsewoman and warrior in the tribe. She believes that is the way to gain her mother's acceptance. Her hopes are dashed however when Alina takes on the servant Penthe as her companion. To make matters worse, Penthe's daughter Io wants to be Rain's sister. But a fierce Amazon warrior has no time for sisters.
On her first solo journey with her white mare Sky, Rain finds a bear cub. She takes it back to her tribe and names it Usha. Io loves the cub as much as Rain does and together they raise her as their sister. Through this bond, Rain accepts Io as her little sister. When Usha grows up Rain rides her like a horse and imagines one day riding Usha into battle and frightening the warrior men with her power. But Usha is killed in Rain's first battle and she realizes her mistake. She trained Usha to be a horse instead of a bear.
Likewise, no matter how hard Rain strives to hate and kill men like all the other fierce warrior women in her tribe she is constantly drawn toward a different path of mercy and peace. Eventually Amazon traditions collide with her vision of the future and she faces the greatest test of her true destiny.
"The Foretelling" is an unusually spellbinding coming-of-age tale. Readers will ride like the wind along with Rain on this fascinating journey into the deeply sensuous tribal life of the Amazon.
A moving story February 18, 2006
Kimberly Pauley (Grayslake, IL USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Foretelling is a beautiful new story by Alice Hoffman based on the Amazonians. Rain is the daughter of the Amazonian leader and the next in line to lead the tribe of warrior women, but she is different and marked by the shame of the circumstances of her birth - her mother was attacked by 50 men. Rain is known as a girl of power, a girl stronger than 50 men, a girl of destiny.
But is her destiny to lead her people in the same type of life her mother lead them in? Or can she see a path of peace instead of war?
This is really a beautiful and dramatic story. Told in Rain's voice, every word is moving and will touch you like few stories do (or can). Almost dream-like in execution, the book is just a wonderful little thing. I very much enjoyed this one.
I recommend this book for readers aged 12 and up (even though the circumstances of Rain's birth are rough, they are dealt with gently and not really dwelt upon) and any lovers of mythology. This book will take your breath away.
--Kimberly Pauley, YA Books Goddess, www.yabookscentral.com
an amazingly well written story September 27, 2005
J. Burgh (PA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought this book was incredibility well written and had a great storyline. The author kept my attention page after page to the point where I couldn't put the book down. She writes as if she actually lived in this time period and makes you feel as if you're actually going through everything Rain is.
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