![]() Taran, who dreams of being a great hero, is named "Assistant Pig-Keeper" and tasked with helping to care for and protect Hen Wen, a white oracular pig magically empowered with clairvoyance. The series follows the protagonist Taran, a youth of unknown parentage living on a farm with an old enchanter named Dallben and a farmer named Coll. The setting is based on Wales and inhabited by creatures and characters inspired by Welsh mythology and folklore. The five novels take place in Prydain, a fictional country ruled by a High King who oversees several minor kingdoms. The Black Cauldron earned a 1966 Newbery Honor, and The High King won the 1969 Newbery Medal. The series includes: The Book of Three (1964), The Black Cauldron (1965), The Castle of Llyr (1966), Taran Wanderer (1967), and The High King (1968). The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. ![]() Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]()
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