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Original Title:	The Hound of Rowan
ISBN:	0375838945 (ISBN13: 9780375838941)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Tapestry #1, Den gyldne gobelin #1
Characters:	Max McDaniels, David Menlo, Astaroth (The Tapestry), Mum, Hazel Boon, Cooper
Literary Awards:	Missouri Truman Readers Award Nominee (2010)

The Hound of Rowan (The Tapestry #1)

Henry H. Neff

Hardcover | Pages: 419 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 11878 Users | 789 Reviews

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Max McDaniels lives a quiet life in the suburbs of Chicago, until the day he stumbles upon a mysterious Celtic tapestry. Many strange people are interested in Max and his tapestry. His discovery leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where great things await him.

But dark things are waiting, too. When Max learns that priceless artworks and gifted children are disappearing, he finds himself in the crossfire of an ancient struggle between good and evil. To survive, he'll have to rely on a network of agents and mystics, the genius of his roommate, and the frightening power awakening within him.

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Title	:	The Hound of Rowan (The Tapestry #1)
Author	:	Henry H. Neff
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 419 pages
Published	:	September 25th 2007 by Random House Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Childrens. Middle Grade. Adventure. Magic. Fiction

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Ratings: 4.03 From 11878 Users | 789 Reviews

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So I think just about any premise involving a young boy going to a school filled with magic and the extraordinary would set up an automatic comparison to Harry Potter, just as any obscure title would be compared to its genre's classic. Knowing that, I did not going in here drawing comparisons; I'm rating this book totally as its own work, giving it the respect it deserves. That being said, maybe I read this with the wrong perspective in mind because I found several issues with it. First off, Max

My decision for my final star rating vacillated between 3 and 4 stars while I was listening to this book. In the end I decided on three, because while I became interested in many of the characters while I was listening to it, and even invested in a couple of them, it lacked much of the inventiveness that I look for when I am reading a magic school narrative. It leaned far too heavily on Harry Potter and other texts that have gone before. The tapestry idea and Asteroth were original, but those

Okay, let's get one thing out of the way immediately. You simply can not avoid making a direct comparison to the Harry Potter series. Having said that, The Hound of Rowan is an entertaining book (the first of a series) to read. Author, Henry Neff has worked hard to create a world that exists apart from "normal" humans just like Rick Riordan succeeded in doing with Percy Jackson. Typical of young adult fiction, Neff throws his main character Max McDaniels into a world that on one hand is

When Max McDaniels sees a vision of a scene from Irish mythology in a tapestry, he learns that he has magic and can go to the secret magical school of Rowan. It takes some doing to get there--dark forces have been kidnapping "potentials" like Max, and his father (his mother is gone) can't know the true nature of the school. Once there, everything is surprising. The kitchen is run by a reformed ogre and a hag. Max and his roommate's room is "configured" into a large, two-level space with

I was originally going to go 4 stars on this book, but on reflection I decided I had to go 5. We'll call it a borderline 5. I try to give few 5 star ratings as any book I give a 5 needs to be exceptional or the rating fails to mean much.I went there in this case as I think it will remain a reread book for me if I ever have time to do a reread. I have less time to reread books now as there seem to be so many I haven't read yet...go figure.So, what do we have here? Why did I come to the decision

Okay, it might turn out to be what some reviews keep saying "a Harry Potter knockoff", with no merits of its own. But since Jo Rowling stole freely from her predecessors, and just happens to be a good writer who revived an old formula at the right time, I'm willing to give this one a chance....UPDATE (4/7/09)And I'm glad I did. Lots of wonderful touches--people keep mentioning "Mum" the reformed (well mostly)hag cook with good reason--she's wonderfully funny. Well told, well thought out and I'm

A decent first effort. I see these books as a cross between Harry Potter and Fablehaven. The story is fast paced and interesting. The characters are a bit flat but I expect will flesh out a lot over the course of the series. I have a difficult time not comparing these books to Harry Potter and that is unfair since I've read all 7 of the books in that series. Going back and reading the first book shows that the Tapestry first effort is on a similar level. The key will be whether or not Neff can