Melling, O.R. The summer king.MELLING, O.R. The summer king. (The Chronicles of Faerie.) Abrams, Amulet amulet (ăm`yəlĭt), object or formula that credulity and superstition have endowed with the power of warding off harmful influences. . 366p. c2006. 0-8109-5969-0. $16.95. JS Laurel, still mourning the death of her twin sister Honor, is in Ireland visiting her grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl . Obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with the idea that she is responsible for Honor's death, she revisits the cliff where Honor died and meets one of the Fair Folk. Honor believed in fairies, though Laurel scoffed; now, Laurel finds herself on a quest to save the world of Fairie, and her own. If she succeeds, she'll see Honor again; if she fails, the penalty is death. Aided by the mysterious and often hostile Ian, she sets off to save the Summer King from his long imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. . But many things are yet to be revealed, and Laurel has very little time to figure out whose side she is on. This second entry in a series reads perfectly well as a stand-alone, with an involving plot and an intriguing if sometimes annoyingly clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. heroine. Deirdre Root, Ref. Libn., Middletown PL, Middletown, OH J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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