The Hero and the Crown (Digital Original) (Damar #1)

Synopsis

An outcast princess must earn her birthright as a hero of the realm—in this &“utterly engrossing&” Newbery Medal–winning fantasy (The New York Times). Aerin 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 father&’s lame, retired warhorse, Talat, and discovers an old, overlooked, and dangerously imprecise recipe for dragon-fire-proof ointment in a dusty corner of her father&’s library. Two years, many canter circles to the left to strengthen Talat&’s weak leg, and many burnt twigs (and a few fingers) secretly experimenting with the ointment recipe later, Aerin is present when someone comes from an outlying village to report a marauding dragon to the king. Aerin slips off alone to fetch her horse, her sword, and her fireproof ointment . . . But modern dragons, while formidable opponents fully capable of killing a human being, are small and accounted vermin. There is no honor in killing dragons. The great dragons are a tale out of ancient history. That is, until the day that the king is riding out at the head of an army. A weary man on an exhausted horse staggers into the courtyard where the king&’s troop is assembled: &“The Black Dragon has come . . . Maur, who has not been seen for generations, the last of the great dragons, great as a mountain. Maur has awakened.&”

Copyright:

1984

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

248 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781497673656

Publisher:

Open Road Media

Date of Addition:

10/16/23

Copyrighted By:

Robin Mckinley

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Grade Levels:

Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade

Reading Age:

12–18

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.