The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One -- J. R. R. Tolkien - Paperback

The opening novel of The Lord of the Rings--the greatest fantasy epic of all time--which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are searching for a Hobbit. Frodo Baggins knows that they are seeking him and the Ring he bears--the Ring of Power that will enable evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. Now it is up to Frodo and his faithful servant, Sam, with a small band of companions, to carry the Ring to the one place it can be destroyed: Mount Doom, in the very center of Sauron's realm.

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 08/12/1986
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 6.92h x 4.21w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9780345339706

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 737 / Fellowship of the Ring


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/1992 pg. 1101
Beyond the Cover Author Interv 09/01/2000 pg. 5

About the Author
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.