A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories

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Harper Collins, Sep 30, 1995 - Juvenile Fiction - 192 pages
Lily. A woman with power to heal, but no powers of speech. Then she meets a mage---a man who can hear the words she forms only in her mind. Will he help her find her voice? Ruen. A princess whose uncle leaves her deep in a cave to die at the hands of a stagman. But when she meets the stagman at last, Ruen discovers fate has a few surprises in store for her. Erana, As a baby, she is taken be a witch in return for the healing herbs her father stole from the witch's garden. Raised alongside the witch's troll son, Erana learns that love comes in many forms. Coral. A beautiful young newcomer who catches the eye of an older widowed farmer. He can't believe his good fortune when Coral consents to be his wife. But then the doubts set in---what is it that draws Coral to Butter Hill? Annabelle. When her family moved the summer before her junior year of high school, Annabelle spends all her time in the attic of their new house--until she finds the knot in the grain which leads her on a magical mission.
 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
4
Section 3
15
Section 4
34
Section 5
43
Section 6
60
Section 7
65
Section 8
71
Section 9
75
Section 10
91
Section 11
109
Section 12
151
Section 13
154
Section 14
162
Section 15
192
Section 16
199

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About the author (1995)

Robin McKinley was born in Warren, Ohio on November 16, 1952. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 1975 and her first novel, Beauty, was published in 1978. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown; a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword; the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine; and the World Fantasy Award for Imaginary Lands. Her other works include Spindle's End; The Outlaws of Sherwood; Rose Daughter; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories; Chalice; and Shadows.

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