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Robin McKinley | Peter Dickinson

Fire

Tales Of Elemental Spirits

Putnam (Oct 29, 2009)
9780399252891
| Hardcover
304 pages | 157 x 231 mm | English
Dewey 0910
LC Classification PZ5.M2335 .Fir 2009
LC Control No. 2009004730

Genre

  • Dragons
  • Fantasy
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Teens
  • Young Adult

Subject

  • Animals, Mythical - Fiction
  • Animals, Mythical - Juvenile Fiction
  • Fire - Fiction
  • Short Stories
  • Short Stories, American
  • Short Stories, English

Plot

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire. In McKinley's ?First Flight,? a boy and his pet foogit unexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon, and her ?Hellhound? stars a mysterious dog as a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown. Dickinson introduces a young man who must defeat the creature threatening his clan in ?Fireworm,? a slave who saves his village with a fiery magic spell in ?Salamander Man,? and a girl whose new friend, the guardian of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears in ?Phoenix.' With time periods ranging from prehistoric to present day, and settings as varied as a graveyard, a medieval marketplace and a dragon academy, these stories are sure to intrigue and delight the authors? longtime fans and newcomers alike.