Rocco - Sherryl Jordan

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Title: Rocco
Author: Sherryl Jordan
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 215
Date read: May 2009, October 2019

Rocco has suddenly appeared in a different time and in an unknown location - in the valley Anshur, where he's taken in by a primitive tribe, whose members live closely connected to nature. He is challenged in everything he knows and all his abilities - in everything he brings with him from his usual, modern life.

Life in Anshur requires courage and strength - but also has a lot to offer: knowledge, friendship and love.


Rocco is the first book that I can remember making me cry. It's always a bit of a gamble to revisit books that had such a strong hold over you at some stage in life, because if it doesn't still - it's bound to be a let-down.

While it couldn't completely live up to my expectations, it fortunately came very, very close, so I only had to down-scale my rating from 5 to 4 stars. It's an interesting story, and powerfully written. I could have wished for it to be a bit longer and slightly more complex, as it is very obvious that it's written with an YA audience in mind. On the other hand, if Rocco had stayed longer in Anshur, I think the book would have ended up being even more painful to read.

A quick read - I finished in in 2 hours - and a pleasant revisit.