The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, Ranger's Apprentice #10 by John Flanagan

So I just finished the last book in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan.  The Emperor of Nihon-Ja is book 10 in the series.  I was sad to see this series end, but Flanagan came out with another book about the series The Ranger's Apprentice:  The Lost Stories which my kids have read and tell me it is very good.  That is next on my list to read.  I have loved this series.  It was exciting, clean, interesting, with a tiny touch of romance, funny, and very entertaining.  My husband, and my 14, 11, and 9 year old girls have read the whole series also and all give glowing reports.  I can't' wait until my little boy is old enough to read them because I would really say this is a good series for boys, and I know he will love them too. 

The Ranger's Apprentice Series update

So, I am loving John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series.  My whole family is.  My 11 year old girl has finished all 10, my 13 year old girl is on #9.  My 9 year old girl is on #6.  My husband is on #7, and I am currently half-way through #5.  My 6 year old boy hasn't started them yet :) 

Just a word of advice when you read this series.  Read them in this order 1,2,3,4,7,5,6,8,9,10.  #7 needs to be read after #4, and then just go from #7 to #5 and continue on.  Flanagan skipped several years in the stories between #4 and #5, and he realized this and went back and filled in those missing years with #7, so read them in that order.  Such a good series!!!!

The Ranger's Apprentice: Book 1 The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

The Ruins of Gorlan is the first book in John Flanagan's The Ranger's Apprentice series.  I believe book 10 in the series is coming out this May, so I have a lot left to read in the series, but I love it and am hooked.  My 10-year-old daughter has read all 9 in the series, and she loved them, and has requested number 10 for her upcoming birthday!  What a great adventure series for young adults and adults!  It is set in a mid-evil time period, and Will is an orphan living under the Baron's protection.  It has come to the day when each of the orphans are chosen to be an apprentice of some kind.  Will knows nothing about his parents, but he believes his father was a great knight that died fighting for his king, so Will hopes and prays that he gets to be an apprentice to the Battle School so he can one day become a Knight.  Things do not go the way Will expected on his apprentice day.  Halt is a Ranger--a member of a strange and quite group that serves the King.  Some think they carry mysterious magic, but others know they are amazing and brave spies for the king.  Halt chooses Will as his Ranger's apprentice, and it turns Will's life around.  He learns to accept his new lot in life, flourishes there and even saves the day.  I would highly recommend this series.  Check them out.