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The Hero and the Crown

by: Robin McKinley (author)

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In Robin McKinley’s Newbery Medal–winning novel, an outcast princess must earn her birthright as a hero of the realmAerin is an outcast in her own father’s court, daughter of the foreign woman who, it was rumored, was a witch, and enchanted the king to marry her.She makes friends with her... show more

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Publisher: Open Road Media Teen & Tween

Pages no: 244

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Teen, High Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, Dragons

Series: Damar (#2)

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Inkspot Fancy rated it

10 years ago

http://Lissibith.booklikes.com Inkspot Fancy 3.0 And I didn't even talk about the dragons

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I think it confuses some people, how I use the term "fairy tale" as a descriptor. Of course, there's the actual fairy tales, but generally when I use the term I'm using it to refer to something like this book - the sort of story where things appear because they are needed, no explanation is needed f...

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Malin rated it

10 years ago

http://malin.booklikes.com Malin 4.0 #CBR6 Book 131: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

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Disclaimer! This was granted to me by Open Road Integrated Media through NetGalley in return for a fair and unbiased review. Aerin is the lonely, ostracised daughter of the ruler of Damar. She has pale skin and fiery red hair amongst a people who are bronzed with dark hair. She cannot even remembe...

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DunderSmark rated it

10 years ago

http://DunderSmark.booklikes.com DunderSmark 1.0 The Hero and the Crown

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It was ok. I liked the writing style but i thought a lot of stuff was weird. I thought her mentor had lived for a really long time but he falls in love with this eighteen year old, I thought that was really creepy. And i didn't really get how (I listened to the audiobook so I can't spell any of the ...

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Kaethe rated it

11 years ago

http://Kaethe.booklikes.com Kaethe 4.5 The Hero and the Crown

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There are things that McKinley does very well: the loner girl, her comfort with being out alone in nature, her interactions with critters (horses, cats, and dogs). This stuff is all brilliant. A girl who teaches herself how to fight dragons? That's a fabulous premise. Other aspects of the book I was...

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Lisa (Harmony) rated it

11 years ago

http://LisaMariaC.booklikes.com Lisa (Harmony) 5.0 The Hero and the Crown

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This was my introduction to Robin McKinley, and I couldn't have asked for better. I did love Sunshine, but goodness that one took a long time to get going--more than one friend of mine gave up on it. The Hero and the Crown is different. Not breathless, but certainly not slow-paced, and in Aerin McKi...

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