Play Book Tag discussion

(Note: This book was made into a movie, but since I finished it on Oct. 31 I did not post it to the November Tag thread.)

The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander

3 1/2 stars

This is the second book in the series about Assistant Pig-Keeper Taran. Taran wants to be a hero. After the events of the first book he has made some good friends and proven himself. In this book, he is invited to join a quest to retrieve the Black Cauldron, which the evil Awran has been using to create undead minions. The book was a fun quest with good lessons learned. I really liked the band of characters on the quest. Overall, I found it to be a straight forward, predictable story. I am interested in seeing where the story goes in the next book.