Rating: 5 stars
Cover synopsis: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are returning to boarding school when they are summoned from the dreary train station (by Susan's own magic horn) to return to the land of Narnia -- the land where they had ruled as Kings and Queens and where their help is desperately needed.
This is book 4 in the Narnia series. Prince Caspian is the rightful heir to the Narnian throne, but his evil uncle plots to kill him. So Caspian must enlist the help of the magical creatures of Old Narnia (that have been forced to live in hiding for many generations). Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy (from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) are summoned back to Narnia to help.
I waffled back and forth about whether to give 4 or 5 stars. My main beef with this book is that it was too short. The action sequences seem to be abbreviated and we could have had more character development of Prince Caspian. After he runs away, we hardly hear anything of him any more -- but we hear plenty about the Dwarves (yawn).
And we learn that this is the last time Peter and Susan will go to Narnia, but there is no explanation given other than they are too old. But only a year has passed since they were last there, so I don't get it. But in the end, I settled on 5 stars because it was a good story with lots of action and interesting characters.
On to the next adventure!
