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A Beautiful Friendship Star Kingdom David Weber Books

A Beautiful Friendship is the first of the Star Kingdom YA series by David Weber. Being a David Weber fan boy, especially an Honor Harrington fan, made this one a must read. It tells the story of the first meeting between Treecats and H10894503umans, a meeting that just happens to include Honor Harrington's ancestor, Stephanie Harrington. I found this book to be a great introduction into the larger Honorverse. It was great to share a true science fiction book with a younger audience, and with a female heroine to boot.

Stephanie Harrington sets out to find the culprit behind the families missing celery plants, and stumbles upon Climbs Quickly, a young treecat scout caught red handed sneaking out of the greenhouse. Stephanie and Climbs Quickly develop a special bond, and spend the rest of the book growing to understand each other, all while trying to protect the treecats from further encroachment.

Adult fans will want to read for all of the interesting information on the treecats, and it will help them better understand Honor Harrington's relationship with Nimitz. I read A Beautiful Friendship right before starting Ashes of Victory (#9 of the Honor Harrington main series), and found the information ties perfectly into the advancements they were making with the inter-species relationships in that book.

I would rate this a solid 5 stars. High recommendations for any Harrington fans that are looking for a book to share with their teenage readers, and for anyone else that is looking for an upbeat sci-fi/fantasy YA read instead of all the dystopian future books out there. You can even find teacher's guides for the book here on the publisher's website , Baen.com


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A Beautiful Friendship Star Kingdom David Weber Books Reviews

Harrington's and treecats just go together like pizza and beer or kraft and brats.. You know what I mean? This is the first of the Harrington meets-treecat..where it all began. I'd read the first section before so it was like running into an old girlfriend from high school. The next story, which I had also read, is only mentioned here. The third part was new to me. We hear the trouble of criminal elements trying to capture treecats for sale off world...including Manpower and Mesa!

This is not a Honor Harrington book. Nor is there sny mention of the Royal Manticoran Navy! It's still a great Book? Enjoy.
I enjoyed this story immensely. A spunky, intelligent young heroine who uses her head to solve her problems. A sentient, psychic, six-legged alien cat. A distant world. And a believable villain out to enslave the newly discovered sentient Treecats as 'pets' all made for an immensely enjoyable read. I am so happy David Weber is reaching out to introduce a Teen audience to some awesome, kick-butt science fiction role models. I'm one of those parents who'd practically sell my soul to get my teenage daughters reading 'I can do it' science fiction instead of 'I'm waiting for a boyfriend' paranormal fantasy, so I have bought all three books in the series

Now an explanation of why I deducted a star. As somebody who acts as 'gatekeeper' for my teen/tweens and reads a decent chunk of Young Adult fantasy, this is a commendable attempt by David Weber (who has long been one of my favorite authors for both epic fantasy as well as his Honor Harrington series) to reach out and invigorate young women's interest in something besides sparkly vampires. I love-love-love Stephanie Harrington and her Treecat Lionheart, and am so excited to now hand this book to my 13-year-old and 11-year-old daughters. However, most Young Adults these days prefer the intimacy of first-person or 'close third-person' POV. This book head-hopped a lot and pulled in a lot of backstory that would have been better communicated by SHOWING exclusively from Stephanie's head. It annoyed me because I really LIKED being inside Stephanie's head and every time I was knocked out I kinda resented it. Interestingly, this was much less of a problem when we were inside Climbs Quickly/Lionheart's head (where I also liked being ... and staying). I hope the second book spends more time inside Stephanie's head please!

The verdict Intelligent, brave teenage girl who loves her parents but doesn't always do what she's told, an alien planet, hexapumas, hang-gliding with a gravity belt, and a sentient, psychic, six-legged treecat. BUY this book and quietly stick it on the bookshelf next to the sparkly vampires, and then, oops ... claim a fungus took over the Twilight books and you had to burn them. Sneaky indoctrination into science is a perfectly acceptable parental policy -)
I think this is the very first prequel in the Honor Harrington saga. As such, it's important in establishing the beginning relationship between treecats and Harringtons. More importantly, it's a hell of a novel. The characters, plot, and pacing are as vivid as any "literature" best seller, and the setting and science are as satisfying as the best science fiction.

The Stephanie Harrington books aren't dumbed down, but they are suitable for younger readers. There is no gratuitous or graphic violence, not really harsh language, and no sex. These should be a good way to get teens (especially those not enamored of the typical melodramatic "romances" generally masquerading as young adult literature) introduced to reading in general and science and science fiction in particular. (Although younger science-oriented readers will note Weber's error in assigning a velocity to objects falling in gravity rather than an acceleration.) But it's equally suited for adults. Weber has written an early teen protagonist, but one that is not at all off putting for adults. Highly recommended.
A Beautiful Friendship is the first of the Star Kingdom YA series by David Weber. Being a David Weber fan boy, especially an Honor Harrington fan, made this one a must read. It tells the story of the first meeting between Treecats and H10894503umans, a meeting that just happens to include Honor Harrington's ancestor, Stephanie Harrington. I found this book to be a great introduction into the larger Honorverse. It was great to share a true science fiction book with a younger audience, and with a female heroine to boot.

Stephanie Harrington sets out to find the culprit behind the families missing celery plants, and stumbles upon Climbs Quickly, a young treecat scout caught red handed sneaking out of the greenhouse. Stephanie and Climbs Quickly develop a special bond, and spend the rest of the book growing to understand each other, all while trying to protect the treecats from further encroachment.

Adult fans will want to read for all of the interesting information on the treecats, and it will help them better understand Honor Harrington's relationship with Nimitz. I read A Beautiful Friendship right before starting Ashes of Victory (#9 of the Honor Harrington main series), and found the information ties perfectly into the advancements they were making with the inter-species relationships in that book.

I would rate this a solid 5 stars. High recommendations for any Harrington fans that are looking for a book to share with their teenage readers, and for anyone else that is looking for an upbeat sci-fi/fantasy YA read instead of all the dystopian future books out there. You can even find teacher's guides for the book here on the publisher's website , Baen.com