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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?
"McKinley's spare and eloquent prose is sheer delight... a compelling portrait of the vibrant, wryly humorous Harry." -School Library Journal, starred review
"This is a zesty, romantic heroic...." -Booklist, starred review
Awards:
( A 1983 Newbery Honor Book
( An ALA Notable Book
( An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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Card catalog description
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.
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The Blue Sword
Blue Sword,Robin McKinley,Ace,0441068804,Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy,Fantasy,Fantasy - General,Fiction,Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic,Fiction / Fantasy / General,Science fiction
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