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Valiant

A Modern Faerie Tale

Valiant( )
Author: Black, Holly
Series title:The Modern Faerie Tales Ser.
ISBN:978-0-689-86822-1
Publication Date:Jun 2005
Publisher:Margaret K. McElderry Books
Imprint:Margaret K. McElderry Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-colored powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Runaways
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5 x 8 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:0.805 Pounds
Author Biography
Black, Holly (Author)
Holly Black was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey on November 10, 1971. She graduated with a B.A. in English from The College of New Jersey in 1994.

Her first book, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale was published in 2002 and was included in the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults. Her other works include The Spiderwick Chronicles written with Tony DiTerlizzi, Ironside, Poison Eaters and Other Stories, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Iron Trial (Magisteruim Book 1) and The Copper Gauntlet (Magisteruim Book 2) written with Cassandra Clare, and The Darkest Part of the Forest. Valiant won the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. She also won the Young-Adult Prize in the Indies Choice Book Awards 2015 for The Darkest Part of the Forest.

Black and Clare's Magisterium Series has received both critical and popular acclaim appearing on numerous bestseller lists including The New York Times bestseller list in the Young Adult category.

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