Bibliograph

The hero and the crown, Robin McKinley

Type

Label

The hero and the crown, Robin McKinley

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The hero and the crown

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

893333224

Responsibility statement

Robin McKinley

Summary

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification