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The Blue Sword

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 244 Ratings and 244 Reviews

Book Description
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 t... More
Book Information
PublisherBerkley Publishing Group
BindingPaperback (29 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100425088405
ISBN-13978-0425088401
Publication Date08/15/1985
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About Robin McKinley (Author) : Robin McKinley is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Robin McKinley include The hero and the crown, Dragonhaven, Chalice, and ... more
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Reader Comments
4/13/2009 Constance Lombardo said: Totally cool heroine. I always love a woman who can basically vanquish an entire army, especially one with some non-human combatants. McKinley is awesome!
tags: Inspired me

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3/28/2009 Isabella McCann said: I read this book in 6th grade, and I must say, it is one of the best I have ever read.
tags: I read

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12/23/2008 Ali B said: 4283376
tags: newbery, juvenile, fantasy

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2/13/2008 Vivien K. tagged as: I recommend, I read

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