The Blue Sword Summary
Robin McKinley

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The Blue Sword Summary

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley is a fantasy novel about a young orphan girl, Harry, who is taken from her privileged life in Home, and thrust into the world of the Hillfolk. Through her keeper, King Corlath, Harry learns she has magical power, and learns to use that power to help save their people from a demonic army.

Angharad Harry Crewe is a young orphan woman who is sent to...

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Robin McKinley Biographies (3)

(Jennifer) (Carolyn) Robin McKinley

2,993 words, approx. 10 pages

Robin McKinley achieved renown in the field of children's literature with her first novel, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978), and her reputation has continued to grow. He... Read more

Robin McKinley

2,180 words, approx. 8 pages

Robin McKinley has been described by her friends Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold in Horn Book as a "person who approaches every instant and event with such boisterousness, energy, and vehemence th... Read more

Robin McKinley

6,685 words, approx. 23 pages

"One of my first memories is of being read aloud to. My mother would prop me in a corner of the sofa and read to me before I was old enough to sit up by myself. But my parents were determined that I n... Read more

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