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    <![CDATA[The Blue Sword]]>
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    <![CDATA[Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in Damar, the desert country shared by the Homelanders and the secretive, magical Hillfolk. Her life is quiet and ordinary-until the night she is kidnapped by Corlath, the Hillfolk King, who takes her deep into the desert. She does not know the Hillfolk language; she does not know why she has been chosen. But Corlath does. Harry is to be trained in the arts of war until she is a match for any of his men. Does she have the courage to accept her true fate?<br/><br/> &quot;McKinley's spare and eloquent prose is sheer delight... a compelling portrait of the vibrant, wryly humorous Harry.&quot; -<em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review<br/><br/>&quot;This is a zesty, romantic heroic....&quot; -<em>Booklist</em>, starred review<br/><br/> Awards:<br/><br/> A 1983 Newbery Honor Book<br/> An ALA Notable Book<br/> An ALA Best Book for Young Adults]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Robin McKinley]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book so many times over the year that this time I went out and bought a new copy because my cover is in tatters. But I reread it again and loved it again, unsurprisingly. McKinley still amazes me with how fully realized Damar is as a place, how familiar the Homeland and its desire to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4350836">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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