| The Hero and the Crown Contributor(s): McKinley, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0141309814 ISBN-13: 9780141309811 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00029092 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 227 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Newbery Medal Winner Although she is the daughter of Damar's king, Aerin has never been accepted as full royalty. Both in and out of the royal court, people whisper the story of her mother, the witchwoman, who was said to have enspelled the king into marrying her to get an heir to rule Damar-then died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son. But none of them, not even Aerin herself, can predict her future-for she is to be the true hero who will wield the power of the Blue Sword... " The Hero and the Crown] confirms McKinley as an important writer of modern heroic fantasy, a genre whose giants include C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin."--The Washington Post "An utterly engrossing fantasy."--The New York Times |