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Title: |
Abhorsen |
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Author: |
Nix, Garth |
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Date Published: |
2003 |
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Genre: |
Fantasy |
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Grade Level: |
7 - 8 |
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Booktalker: |
Sam Marsh |
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Booktalk:
King Touchstone and his wife Sabriel, the Abhorson, have been killed in the nonmagical kingdom of Ancelstierre. Now Lirael, Sabriel's newly arrived half-sister and a Second Assistant Librarian of the visionary Clayr, must assume the mantel of the Abhorson in order to stop the Destroyer from unleashing its powers and ending all life on earth. She must search in both the living world and that of death for a means to defeat the Destroyer. The only help she has are Sam, Sabriel's son and the previous Abhorson-in-waiting, Moggett the cantankerous cat who is magically bound to help the Abhorson, and her erstwhile companion the Disreputable Dog, who lives up to her name.
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