The Blue Sword -- Robin McKinley, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine is the Newberry Award winning classic novel that had enthralled readers for decades.

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin.

And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimand-sol, King's Raider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, that no woman had wielded since Lady Aerin herself bore it into battle.

And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies...

Author: Robin McKinley
Publisher: Berkley / Nal
Published: 12/04/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780441012008
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106 / Blue Sword

About the Author
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. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.