The Hero and the Crown

Robin McKinley


Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it.

It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair whe she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son.

Aeriin was that daughter.

But there was more of the story yet to be told; Aerin's destiny was greater than even she had dreamed--for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the Blue Sword...

1985 Newbery Honor Books:

Like Jake and Me (Mavis Jukes)
The Moves Make the Man (Bruce Brooks)
One-Eyed Cat (Paula Fox)


Last updated: December 2003

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