The Stone Fey
Maddy has been roaming the hills of Damar with her sheep since she was a girl. The Hills hold everything she desires: her family; her beloved dog, Aerlich - and soon, her fiancé, Donal, who has been away for a year. But one evening a lamb is lost. And when Maddy returns to the Hills to find it,...
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Maddy has been roaming the hills of Damar with her sheep since she was a girl. The Hills hold everything she desires: her family; her beloved dog, Aerlich - and soon, her fiancé, Donal, who has been away for a year. But one evening a lamb is lost. And when Maddy returns to the Hills to find it, she discovers something else the Hills possess - something that will change her forever...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152000172 (0152000178)
Publish date: September 1st 1998
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Paranormal,
Juvenile,
Adult,
Fairies,
Fairy Tales,
Speculative Fiction,
Picture Books,
Short Stories
Series: Damar
I have no idea who decided to make this a picture book. It is a perfectly fine short story in McKinley's usual style; i.e. not decipherable by little kids. Even her YA novels I found more enjoyable as an adult. I can't imagine a younger child following sentences like, by its individual geography the...
It was really boring. Yes, it was a fairytale, but the fairy aspect was dull and it just plodded along, without ever really having a point to it as far as the fey connection was concerned.
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