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South Star #2

by Betsy Hearne, Trina Schart Hyman

Megan and Randall's adventuresome and dangerous search for the lost king Brendan takes them to a strange land inhabited by lion-like men.


"We meet Megan, last of the dead giants' daughters, where we left her at the finale of "South Star," in a sequel even more enthralling than the first story. Sensing that Brendan, lost king of the giants, is still alive, Megan leaves . . . to search for the long-gone leader..The battle to release the prisoner is the climactic moment in Hearne's magic creation." —Publisher's Weekly

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

126 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1983

About the author

Betsy Hearne is the author of numerous articles and books, including Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide, the folktale anthology Beauties and Beasts, fiction for both children and young adults, and picture books—one of which, Seven Brave Women, won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. The former children's book editor of Booklist and of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, she has reviewed books for almost forty years and contributes regularly to The Horn Book Magazine.

Hearne was the former Director of The Center for Children's Books and a professor emerita in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she taught children's literature and storytelling for many years.

Reviews

[H.L. Gibson · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books from my childhood that continues to shape my writing today.

[Jennifer Heise · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good round-off to the previous book, but there's definitely a lot of loose ends in the worldbuilding. On the other hand, girl has amazing adventures + no romance! Hey!