S-Recommended for senior high school students.Ī-Recommended for advanced students and adults.
The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. J-Recommended for junior high school students. While the setting and storyline are not particularly nuanced, the storyline has enough twists and believable elements to carry the reader to a satisfying end. The anthropomorphic characters grow and change as they move the plot along nevertheless, the animal nature of these birds comes through in their actions, some of which do not follow human nature. This animal fantasy tale offers a lively tale of suffering, survival and endurance. Will Kirrick's mate Portia and Tomar be able to outwit and overcome Traska? Will Birddom be able to attract more birds in order to continue its existence? How do humans impact their lives? Slyekin's cousin Traska escapes the fight, and manages to corner and kill Kirrick. A robin named Kirrick helps to save the day by calling on large birds and working with ants who carry poison into the carcasses of meat to be gorged by the black magpies and crows. Small birds are slaughtered to near extinction. The egotistical magpie Slyekin leads a coup to overthrow the Owl-led government. One for Sorrow, Two for Joy." Retrieved from
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy." The Free Library. 4)įorecast: Despite the book's billing as "written by a father to entertain his sons," adult readers may find the story too simplistic while younger readers may be troubled by the high violence level. Still, given the compelling plot of "One for Sorrow" in particular, one can understand why Disney has optioned the novel "in a million-dollar deal." It should make a wonderful Disney feature-length cartoon, suitably sanitized. Even the good birds execute summarily and employ mass murder. Nor, with its scenes of defecation, disembowelment and magpie rape, does it have much in common with The Lord of the Rings press, this avian fantasy lacks the depth of that modern animal classic, Watership Down
Kirrick proves that one brave little bird can make a big difference against "planned systematic genocide." The second section, "Two for Joy," allows Kirrick's mate, Portia, to prove her mettle. A wise old owl, Tomar, asks plucky young Kirrick-evidently the sole robin to survive the holocaust-to undertake three dangerous journeys in order to enlist the aid of feathered allies. Magpies, under the dictatorship of the treacherous Slyekin, have ruthlessly wiped out many bird species. At the start of "One for Sorrow," the opening half of British author Woodall's savage first novel, Birddom's very existence is threatened.
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