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The Hero and the Crown
Contributor(s): McKinley, Robin (Author), Johnston, David M. (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0688025935 ISBN-13: 9780688025939
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

OUR PRICE: $16.14

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1984
* Out of Print *

Annotation: The dazzling prequel to The Blue Sword follows the adventures of the Damarian king's daughter, Aerin, as she fights to claim both birthright and love. "Splendid high fantasy . . . superb, filled with tender moments, good characters, satisfying action and sparkling dialogue".--School Library Journal. 1984 ALA Notable Book; 1985 ALA Best Book for Young Adults; 1985 Newbery Medal Book.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 84004074

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Lexile Measure: 1050(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.28" W x 9.31" L (1.05 lbs) 256 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Awards: Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 1985

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 227
Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 15.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

The beloved classic fantasy novel, a Newbery Medal winner

Robin McKinley's mesmerizing history of Damar is the stuff that legends are made of.

Aerin is the only child of the king of Damar, and should be his rightful heir. But she is also the daughter of a witchwoman of the North, who died when she was born, and the Damarians cannot trust her.

But Aerin's destiny is greater than her father's people know, for it leads her to battle with Maur, the Black Dragon, and into the wilder Damarian Hills, where she meets the wizard Luthe. It is he who at last tells her the truth about her mother, and he also gives over to her hand the Blue Sword, Gonturan. But such gifts as these bear a great price, a price Aerin only begins to realize when she faces the evil mage, Agsded, who has seized the Hero's Crown, greatest treasure and secret strength of Damar.

The Hero and the Crown is a dazzling prequel to The Blue Sword.

Contributor Bio(s): McKinley, Robin: -

Robin McKinley's other books include the Newbery Award-winning The Hero and the Crown; Newbery Honor Book The Blue Sword; Sunshine; Spindle's End; Rose Daughter; Deerskin; The Outlaws of Sherwood; and the short story collections The Door in the Hedge; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories; and, with her husband, the author Peter Dickinson, Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits. She lives in England with her husband, three whippets, and over five hundred rosebushes.

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