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The Hero and the Crown

Robin McKinley

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Outcast princess becomes unlikely, enchanting hero.

If you're drawn to stories of underdogs triumphing against all odds, "The Hero and the Crown" could stir something deep within you. Aerin's journey from a doubted daughter to a celebrated savior of Damar captures that fairy-tale essence with a refreshing twist – it's about breaking molds and expectations. The blend of personal struggle, magical elements, and a classical fight against darkness makes this an empowering read.

  • Newbery Medal (1985)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1985)
  • Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1986)
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The Hero and the Crown

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ISBN: 9780141309811
Author: Robin McKinley
Date of Publication: 2000-10-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Goodreads rating: 4.21
(rated by 54541 readers)

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In Robin McKinley’s Newbery Medal–winning novel, an outcast princess must earn her birthright as a hero of the realm. Aerin is an outcast in her own father’s court, daughter of the foreign woman who, it was rumored, was a witch, and enchanted the king to marry her. She makes friends with her father’s lame, retired warhorse, Talat, and discovers an old, overlooked, and dangerously imprecise recipe for dragon-fire-proof ointment in a dusty corner of her father’s library. Two years, many canter circles to the left to strengthen Talat’s weak leg, and many burnt twigs (and a few fingers) secretly experimenting with the ointment recipe later, Aerin is present when someone comes from an outlying village to report a marauding dragon to the king. Aerin slips off alone to fetch her horse, her sword, and her fireproof ointment. But modern dragons, while formidable opponents fully capable of killing a human being, are small and accounted vermin. There is no honor in killing dragons. The great dragons are a tale out of ancient history. That is, until the day that the king is riding out at the head of an army. A weary man on an exhausted horse staggers into the courtyard where the king’s troop is assembled: “The Black Dragon has come . . . Maur, who has not been seen for generations, the
 

Outcast princess becomes unlikely, enchanting hero.

If you're drawn to stories of underdogs triumphing against all odds, "The Hero and the Crown" could stir something deep within you. Aerin's journey from a doubted daughter to a celebrated savior of Damar captures that fairy-tale essence with a refreshing twist – it's about breaking molds and expectations. The blend of personal struggle, magical elements, and a classical fight against darkness makes this an empowering read.

  • Newbery Medal (1985)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1985)
  • Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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