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The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780441068807 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
An exquisite fantasy adventure set in a desert country.
Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in Damar, the desert country shared by the Homelanders and the secretive, magical Hillfolk. Her life is quiet and ordinary — until the night she is kidnapped by Corlath, the Hillfolk King, who takes her deep into the desert. She does not know the Hillfolk language; she does not know why she has been chosen. But Corlath does. Harry is to be trained in the arts of war until she is a match for any of his men. Does she have the courage to accept her true fate?
Review:
"McKinley's spare and eloquent prose is sheer delight...a compelling portrait of the vibrant, wryly humorous Harry." School Library Journal
Synopsis:
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
About the Author
Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780441068807
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Ace Books
- Location:
- New York, N.Y.
- Subject:
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy
- Subject:
- Fantasy
- Subject:
- Fantasy fiction
- Subject:
- Fantasy - General
- Edition Number:
- An Ace ed.
- Edition Description:
- Ace
- Series Volume:
- no. 160
- Publication Date:
- March 1987
- Binding:
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions:
- 6.96x4.32x.69 in. .27 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 12-17
