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Publication date 1987 topics fantasy, colonies, war horses publisher new york, n. A map of the land of nine swords will be included in next months column. This page contains details about the fiction book the blue sword by robin mckinley published in 1982. The blue sword is a fantasy novel written by american author robin mckinley. Robin mckinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the newbery medal for the hero and the crown and a newbery honor for the blue sword. Download and read online for free the blue sword by robin mckinley. I was a bit hesitant at first, since teenage boys arent really my protagonist of choice, but mckinley pulls it. Beauty ebook by robin mckinley 9781497673700 rakuten kobo.
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I first read it as a teenager and fell in love with the entire thing. Harrys destiny lies in the far mountains that she once wished to climb, and she will ride to the battle with the north in the hillkings army, bearing the blue sword, gonturan, the chiefest treasure of the hillkings house and the subject of many legends of magic and mystery. Read sunshine by robin mckinley available from rakuten kobo. Sunshine ebook by robin mckinley 9781497673717 rakuten kobo. Continuing the theme of presenting a complete campaign column started last month, here is chapter 4 for the land of the nine swords campaign setting. Sword of the north is everything id hoped it would be, a deserving sequel to one of the finest fantasy novels of recent times a rich and rewarding read told by a true storyteller sf books. Lady amelia was a small round woman with big hazel eyes and curly grey hair and the wistful look of the fading beauty. Robin mckinleys the blue sword is a book id have loved when i was eleven, and which i did love when i got to read it at nineteen.
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