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<div><div><b>Clare Dunkle’s acclaimed fantasy trilogy— now available in paperback</b></div><div> </div><div><div>For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land’s dreadful heritage—until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be the goblin king, and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom . . .</div><div><br>So begins the award-winning Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Now in paperback, these editions welcome a whole new audience to the magical realm that Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander calls “as persuasive as it is remarkable.” </div></div></div>
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The Hollow Kingdom was entertaining enough, but I found it overall to be rather disappointing. There were definite high points: the fleshing out of the history of the conflict between the elves and the goblins was welcome, and Dunkle's depiction of the dying elf culture was excellent...more...]]>
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Close Kin is the second book in Clare B. Dunkle's Hollow Kingdom trilogy. It takes place around five years after The Hollow Kingdom and follows Kate's younger sister Emily. Or at least it seems to. Where The Hollow Kingdom stuck pretty closely to Kate's story, Close Kin jumps around a fair bit, s...more...]]>
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This story focuses on Kate's sister Emily and the globin Seylin who looks a lot like an elf, to his dismay. They have grown up together and Seylin is ready to propose marriage to Emily, w...more...]]>
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After she accidentally rejects the goblin Seylin's proposal, he leaves the kingdom (with Marak's permission of course) and decides to find the elves. When Emily learns why he ran away, she leaves to...more...]]>
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I felt impatient with a lot of the characters: Emily (in the beginn...more...]]>
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We find elves who have degenerated to a primitive patriarchy in which women have to die when they give birth. Th...more...]]>
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Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, Close Kin follows the dual narratives of Emily, younger sister of Kate, the heroine of the first book, and Seylin, the goblin who loves her. When Emily fails to recognize a marriage proposal from her old friend, the resultant hurt and misunderstan...more...]]>
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