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The Blue Sword
Robin McKinley.
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
New York : Greenwillow Books, c1982.
272 p. ; 24 cm.

Annotations:

Prequel: The hero and the crown.
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

Best Books:

Best of the Best Revisited (100 Best Books for Teens), 2001 ; American Library Association-YALSA; United States
Middle And Junior High School Library Catalog, Eighth Edition, 2000 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Ninth Edition, 2005 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Senior High Core Collection, Seventeenth Edition, 2007 ; The H. W. Wilson Co.; United States

Awards, Honors, Prizes:

John Newbery Medal, 1983 Honor Book United States

State and Provincial Reading Lists:

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 1998 ; Nominee; Illinois

Reading Measurement Programs:


Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Middle Grade
Book Level 6.8
Accelerated Reader Points 17
Accelerated Vocabulary

Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level 6-8
Reading Level 7
Title Point Value 23
Lexile Measure 1030

Subjects:

Fantasy.
LanguageCall NumberLCCNDewey DecimalISBN/ISSN
English (eng) PZ7.M1988 Bl 1982
82002895 [Fic]
0688009387 : $11.50
9780688009380
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