- Fantasy, Children's stories, Fiction, general, Children's fiction
Ayna could predict the future. Cari could find what was lost. Gair thought he was ordinary. The three children of Gest, the chief of Garholt, know the perils of the Moor on which they live.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Diana Wynne Jones
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 308
- Publisher
- HarperTrophy, Greenwillow, Ace Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780066237435
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“THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CHILDREN OF ADARA-of Ayna and Ceri who both had Gifts, and of Gair, who thought he was ordinary.”
A British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults as well as a small amount of non-fiction.
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