The silver crown

Format:

Book

Title:

The silver crown

Author:

O'Brien, Robert C.

ISBN:

9780689841118

9780329252779

Edition:

1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001.

Physical Description:

322 pages ; 20 cm

General Note:

"Ages 8-12"--Page 4 cover.

Summary:

Soon after waking up on her tenth birthday to find a silver crown on her pillow, Ellen's house burns down, her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieronymus Machine which wants her crown.

Subject(s):

Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction.

Crowns -- Juvenile fiction.

Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.

Castles -- Juvenile fiction.

Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure stories.

Fantasy.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Fantasy fiction -- Young adult.

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Summary

In this gripping and memorable middle grade fantasy from Newbery Medal-winning author Robert C. O'Brien , good and evil are locked in battle and the balance between the two can only be restored by one young girl's determination to set things right.

"It lay beside her on the pillow, shinier than silver, glowing softly, with twinkling blue stones set all around....It did not occur to her to wonder from whom it had come; she was merely aware that it was hers by right."

Ellen awakens one morning with a mysterious silver crown on the pillow beside her. What magic powers it possesses she has not yet discovered, but the sudden changes in her life are unmistakable: her house is burned down, her family has disappeared, and a man in a dark uniform is stalking her. Can Ellen ever find her family? Can she use the power of the silver crown to thwart the powers of darkness? What diabolical force hides inside the mysterious castle in the woods?

Author Notes

Robert C. O'Brien (1918-1973) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Williams College and graduated from the University of Rochester. He was a writer and editor for Newsweek , National Geographic , and other publications. He lived in New York City and then in Washington, DC, with his wife and four children. Z for Zachariah --which is now a major motion picture starring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor--was completed by his wife and daughter, with the help of his notes, after his death. He is also the author of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and The Silver Crown .

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Horn Book Review

Although some of OÆBrienÆs first fantasy novel seems dated, the story is still suspenseful. When EllenÆs house burns down, just after she receives a mysterious silver crown for her tenth birthday, she finds herself involved in a series of fantastic adventures, meeting danger and friends along the way. The alternate ending--which wraps up the story better than the original--is appended in this edition. From HORN BOOK Spring 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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