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Pendragon
The Guide to the Territories of Halla
All there ever was; all that will be. For the first time, see the amazing sights of Halla as only Bobby Pendragon has. From the watery depths of Cloral to the rugged mountain ranges of Denduron to the jungles of Eelong, from the Earth territories to the decaying fantasy world of Veelox, it¹s all here. So are the Uncle Press, Vo Spader, Loor, Aja Killian, Alder, Gunny, and Kasha, and of course, Bobby Pendragon and Saint Dane. This is your private flume to Halla. Enter and discover old friends while you learn new secrets. But remember one This is only the beginning.
48 pages, Paperback
First published April 26, 2005
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About the author
D.J. MacHale
96 books2,342 followersD.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.
He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production.
His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also taught photography and film production.
D.J. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.
D.J. also wrote and directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst and Steve Guttenberg. The Showtime series Chris Cross was co-created, written and produced by D.J. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth Series.
D.J. co-created and produced the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down for which he writes all the episodes and directs several. His work on Flight 29 Down has earned him both Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America award nominations.
Other notable writing credits include the classic ABC Afterschool Special titled Seasonal Differences; the pilot for the long-running PBS/CBS series Ghostwriter; and the HBO series Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective for which he received a CableAce nomination for writing.
In print, D.J. has co-written the book The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
The book series: Pendragon - Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space marks D.J.'s first turn as a novelist. He plans for this series of Young Adult adventures to span a total of 10 books.
D.J. lives in Southern California with his wife Evangeline and daughter Keaton. They are avid backpackers, scuba divers and skiers. Rounding out the household are a Golden Retriever, Maggie; and a Kitten, Kaboodle.
He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production.
His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also taught photography and film production.
D.J. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.
D.J. also wrote and directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst and Steve Guttenberg. The Showtime series Chris Cross was co-created, written and produced by D.J. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth Series.
D.J. co-created and produced the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down for which he writes all the episodes and directs several. His work on Flight 29 Down has earned him both Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America award nominations.
Other notable writing credits include the classic ABC Afterschool Special titled Seasonal Differences; the pilot for the long-running PBS/CBS series Ghostwriter; and the HBO series Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective for which he received a CableAce nomination for writing.
In print, D.J. has co-written the book The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
The book series: Pendragon - Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space marks D.J.'s first turn as a novelist. He plans for this series of Young Adult adventures to span a total of 10 books.
D.J. lives in Southern California with his wife Evangeline and daughter Keaton. They are avid backpackers, scuba divers and skiers. Rounding out the household are a Golden Retriever, Maggie; and a Kitten, Kaboodle.
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Displaying 1 - 19 of 19 reviews
July 4, 2016
I expected more from this book. It's basically an intro summary of each of the first 5 books in the series, with some illustrations of various characters and settings. But it's nothing I didn't already know from reading the books. There's not any new or interesting information about the series, and I was hoping for more details on the various territories, or even short stories of the characters' backstory/past.
Disappointing and very short.
Disappointing and very short.
March 30, 2008
Must read first 2-3 books to understand it
October 7, 2018
This is a cute recap of the first five books but I gotta say, some of the character illustrations don't match up with how I picture some of the characters.
Also, is anyone else annoyed but the lack of Acolytes being represented in this book?
Also, is anyone else annoyed but the lack of Acolytes being represented in this book?
January 18, 2020
It makes me want to read the series all over again.
November 28, 2020
Liked learning more about my favorite territory, Denduron, but the whitewashed Loor is a travesty.
July 31, 2022
I really wish this was more in depth. I liked the premise, but it just didn't go far enough.
September 29, 2010
This guide, to me, was a little premature. It doesn't cover all of the worlds in the Pendragon Adventure Series which is disappointing. The illistations are nice and the explanation short. But if your a Pendragon Fan and want to collect all the books involving the series, this won't be a complete waste of money.
July 15, 2012
Great field guide, but reading level is much less than that of the actual series itself. Could use more information as well, but MacHale can choose to write however he likes. Great field guide thing, but people who have read the Pendragon series might understand how drastic the change in reading level is.
December 15, 2011
It was okay, but I expected more since it claimed to be a "Guide to the Territories of Halla". It was mostly a sum up of the first 4 or 5 books with pictures and a few (useless) extra tidbits of information, such as the number of continents on each territory and their major holidays and cities.
December 28, 2015
I read this short little guide back in August and forgot to mark at as read. I bought it at Powell's because it was signed and I adore the Pendragon series so immensely and needed this. It gave a visual experience to one of my favourite series of all time and I couldn't be more pleased.
April 12, 2008
this is a great book i really liked it
August 31, 2008
I enjoyed this. I am a very visual person and it was fun to compare what I had visualized the characters, places, things and events to be in my mind to what the author came up with.
June 1, 2009
Some of the drawings looked dumb, but I still enjoyed reading it.
July 7, 2011
disappointing. very disappointing. it had basically all the stuff i already knew about Halla in it.
August 8, 2017
The characters didn't look how I expected, but it was cool to see every major character and place in detail.
September 17, 2011
The series was so detailed an complex I understand why this book would be wanted, but I was stunned when I got it in my hands to realize it was so small and cartoonish.
January 26, 2016
I hate how it destroyed my own realizations of the characters and put them into graphic representations that looked nothing like how I thought. It also only had the first 5 territories.
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