The Captive Kingdom by Ezekiel Kaelin

Ship taken over

ek034 — 2024-02-06 19:40:37 UTC

This relates to the setting because they are on the sea going home from a trade they had made from a laboring country when all of a sudden pirates take over the ship and take them captive.

Crows nest

ek034 — 2024-02-09 19:04:49 UTC

This relates to the story because Sage (the main character) was locked up there at night because of his misbehavior. It was freezing at night so it was punishment not meant to harm him.

The sea

ek034 — 2024-02-09 19:09:59 UTC

This relates to the setting because they are on the sea in the beginning through maybe half of the book.

ek034 — 2024-02-09 19:13:36 UTC

This relates to the setting because after they are captured they escape from the ship and go to this island to free them from their captors.

Castle

ek034 — 2024-02-12 19:10:16 UTC

They end up here at the end of the story (it's not this exact place but I mean a castle).

Rating of the book

ek034 — 2024-02-12 19:14:09 UTC

I would give this book 5 stars because I love the action and adventure it brings. The suspense and how smoothly the book reads makes it so much more fun.

Letter to the author

ek034 — 2024-02-12 19:21:13 UTC

Dear, Jennifer A. Nielsen

I love your books. The action-packed adventure and suspense make it almost impossible to stop reading. The first book of the series is so well thought out that I didn't even suspect the plot twist at all. I'm so glad you made more books instead of just having the original three. Whenever I read your books I put myself in the characters shoes so I can figure out what I would do if I was in that situation. I hope you decide to write even more books in the future.

From, Zeke

Theme of the book

ek034 — 2024-02-13 19:05:38 UTC

The theme of the draft I think is to trust your friends. In the book Sage (the main character) has a hard time trusting his friends with his ideas. He thinks that if he gives them the information that he has his enemies might torture it out of them. Even though his friends insist that they wont tell he still tries to do it all his way. Sometimes he doesn't listen to them and does it all his way. A main example of this would be Roden his best friend. Sage thinks that he has to tell Roden how to do his job (captain of the guard).

2 important quotes

ek034 — 2024-02-14 16:39:54 UTC

I rolled my eyes. "Can't you negotiate with anything but lives saved or lost? Honestly, where's your imagination? If you want my help, I want one thing only." My gaze shifted to Lump. "Tell me his name." Wilta's nose wrinkled. "Him? His name is Rosewater." and "Belland is ours!" "No, I don't think so. Listen to the name of the people who live here: Bellanders. Did you hear how their name sounds like their country?" I pulled my hand from my pocket and raised my arm high. "I assume that you come from somewhere that sounds like your name. Where is that? Prozaria? Prozar? Prozariamalaria?" These are important to the story because this is what the story ends off on. It also ties with his plan to stop the Prozarians.