The Horn Book Magazine, January 1st, 1997
A compelling fantasy has for a heroine Sabriel, the daughter of the Abhorsen, the necromancer whose duty is to protect the Old Kingdom: unlike other mages, he has the power to bind the dead as well as to bring the dead back to life. Sabriel has been brought up outside the Old Kingdom in a boarding school in a neighboring country. When her father's sword and the seven silver bells he uses to control the spirits of the dead are delivered to her, she realizes that he is in great jeopardy and sets out for the Old Kingdom to save him. She gains companions - tart and mocking Mogget, an undead spir...
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