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The Blue Sword

  • Robin McKinley

4.16

19 ratings

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin.

And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimad-sol, King's Rider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, that no woman had wielded since the Lady Aerin herself bore it into battle.

And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies...

--back cover

Genres

  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile works
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Juvenile audience
  • colonies
  • war horses
  • Elementary and junior high school
  • Newbery Honor Award
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
  • Newbery Honor
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
  • Fantastic fiction
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
  • Fantasy fiction
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Damar (imaginary place), fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • award:Newberry_award
  • award:Caldecott_award
  • award:Newbery_award
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About the author

  • Robin McKinley

    born 1952

    4.02

    86 ratings · 52 works

Editions

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    Brand: Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Puffin

    Aug 11, 2008

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    Berkley

    Dec 01, 1983

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    Recorded Books

    2011 07 06

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    Rcorded Books, Recorded Books

    1992

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Puffin Books

2000

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    Ace edition (25)

    Ace Books

    1987-03

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    Puffin Books, Penguin Putnam~trade

    2000

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    Reprint edition

    Ace Trade

    December 4, 2007

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    Ace Edition (22)

    Ace

    1987-03

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    MacRae, Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)

    1983

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    11th printing

    Greenwillow Books

    1982

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    Penguin Group USA, Inc.

    2008

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    1st ed. (18)

    Greenwillow Books

    1982

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    Ace

    1982

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    Penguin Random House

    1998

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    Penguin Random House

    1998

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    Ace Books

    1987-01-01

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    Penguin Publishing Group

    1984

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    Orbit

    1991

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    Ace trade paperback ed.

    Ace Books

    2007

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    Futura

    1985

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    Amer School Pub

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    Ace Books

    1987

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    Ace trade paperback ed.

    Ace Books

    2007

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    Puffin Books

    2000

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    Berkley

    November 15, 1986

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    Demco Media

    April 1991

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    Perfection Learning Prebound

    September 1986

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    Tandem Library

    March 1987

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    Berkley

    August 15, 1985