Once again I’m keeping-up with my
14-year-old granddaughter and my abiding interest in young adult authors. This novel is a smart combination of young
woman/girl fantasy: beautiful clothes,
amazing horse, chaste love, and life-and-death adventure.
The girl, Harry Crewe matures to be the
champion of Daria, a mystical sorta-medieval land where kelar (magic) is both a gift and a curse. Not that this is fluffy writing; it’s
intelligent and beautifully descriptive and, also a wonderful coming-of-age
story.
Oh, and Harry’s pet/companion is a
strange cat-like creature named Narknon.
I’m a “cat-person” myself so this delighted me.
Greenwillow, 1982, 272 p.
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