| Valiant: A Modern Faerie Tale Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Black, Holly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689868235 ISBN-13: 9780689868238 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The "New York Times" bestselling author follows up her stunning debut "Tithe" with this rich, harrowing, and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship, and love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005298934 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Series: Modern Faerie Tale |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.06" W x 7.06" (0.50 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 87997 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. And when one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature with whom they are all involved, Val finds herself torn between her newfound affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming. |
Contributor Bio(s): Black, Holly: - Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), the Modern Faerie Tales series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Darkest Part of the Forest, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare), and the Folk of the Air series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of both an Andre Norton Award and a Newbery Honor. She lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door. Visit her at BlackHolly.com. |