false 47624 33 <p>Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil.</p> <p>In this sequel to <i>Sabriel</i>, winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Science Fiction, New York Times best-selling author Garth Nix weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny, and danger.</p> 2067752 book 2001 Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) total:5312|5:2368|4:2040|3:775|2:112|1:17| 5312 22566 6570 353 5 1 false true Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:43:54 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:25:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 18:46:59 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 17:04:44 -0700 2008
(contains a mild spoiler for anyone past middle school.)

Although it's a familiar fantasy plot-line which often suffers...more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Sep 01 17:01:13 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 00:33:22 -0800 2008 - Illegible map in the front matter, for no good reason. It looks like a bad photocopy of the map in Sabriel.

The second of the Abhorsen trilogy. O...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:56:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:30:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 28 22:03:07 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 03 21:16:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 15:27:34 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 07:25:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 20:47:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:40:31 -0700 2009 Sabriel and starts nearly 14 years after the events in Sabriel.
Lirael is a daughter of the Clayr, a mysterious group of women whose special powers allow them to see the future. Lirael does not feel like she belongs. She's black-haired and pale-skinned, while her cousins ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 12:07:38 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 17:06:03 -0700 2009
Lirael, the character, doesn't know who she is, or why she is different from the other girls of the Clayr, which is a group of people who have the ability to see into the future, or pos...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:59:12 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 03:37:52 -0800 2009
The characters are interesting: Sam isn't quite as useless as he first seems and Lirael is very shy and self-concious, depite her amazing magic.

The story moves quite slowly. I'm reading part 3 and things are finally happening - nothi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 23:13:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:27:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 23:13:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:01:34 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:06:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 18:13:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:16:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 21 13:53:06 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 13:58:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 19:22:43 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 19:28:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 07:09:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 07:16:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 05:57:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 06:05:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 20:33:14 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 21:03:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:07:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:47:15 -0800 2009 Lirael is a young girl growing up with the Clayr, but constantly emo because she doesn't have the gift of Sight like the rest of her countless Clayr cousins and looks completely different than they do. She contemplates suicide in the very beginning of the bo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 00:37:56 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 23:07:31 -0700 2009 1 Sabriel has. The main character is of The Clayr, the mystical seers of the old kingdom. We meet Lirael on her fourteen birthday where she is once again mourning that the Sight has not yet awakened in her. She ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 02:31:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 03:21:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47624