Summerkin

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Prineas lives in the midst of the corn in rural Iowa! where she wrangles dogs! cats! chickens! and goats! goes on lots of hikes! and finds time to write. She is also the author of Ash & Bramble! a retelling of Cinderella. She is married to a physics professor and has two kids. You can visit Sarah online at www.sarah-prineas.com. Klappentext Down through the Way she fell! feeling the wind and the pressing darkness! the dizzy thump when she landed on the bank. She was through. The air felt softer here! the shadows deeper—and the pull of her connection to the land settled into her bones. In the Summerlands! time moves slowly! roots grow deeply! and change is not welcomed. But change is needed. After defeating the wicked Mor and freeing her kin from deadly oaths made to this false ruler! Fer is now the rightful Lady of the land. Yet her people don't know what to make of their new Lady's strange ways! and neither do the High Ones! the rulers of the magical realm! for Fer is an outsider—half human. To prove herself worthy of the Summerlands crown! Fer is summoned to compete in an epic contest where her strengths and skills will be tested and her loyalties challenged. Can she trust Rook! the puck she calls friend? Can she trust herself? If Fer fails! she will lose her land and the Way will be closed to her forever. With stunning prose! Sarah Prineas weaves an enchanting adventure in which Fer must decide if she's ready to rule and just how far she'll go to protect her kin. Zusammenfassung Summerkin ! the second book in award-winning author Sarah Prineas’s fantasy-adventure series that begins with Winterling ! follows Fer! a young healer and warrior who’s fought to become the Lady of the Summerlands and now faces the task of ruling over a magical people in an enchanted realm.   Although Fer defeated the Mor! the evil! false Lady who terrorized the Summerlands! there are still those who do not trust her. To prove herself! Fer! aided by her deep connection to the natural world and her healing arts! enters a challenging contest. If Fer fails! she will lose her land and the realm will be closed to her forever.   Sarah Prineas combines a brave and resourceful young heroine with a richly detailed fantasy world and beloved folklore into a story that will delight middle-grade fans of Diana Wynne Jones! Ingrid Law! and Rick Riordan.   ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sarah Prineas
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.04.2013
• EAN: 9780061921063
• ISBN: 978-0-06-192106-3
• Seiten: 272
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Serien: Summerlands; Summerlands
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher; JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Legends, Myths, Fables / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Legends, Myths, Fables / Norse, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Horses, JUVENILE FICTION: Legends, Myths, Fables / Arthurian