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| Original Title: | Wise Child |
| ISBN: | 0394825985 (ISBN13: 9780394825984) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Doran #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2005) |
Monica Furlong
paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.15 | 8229 Users | 344 Reviews
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| Title | : | Wise Child (Doran #1) |
| Author | : | Monica Furlong |
| Book Format | : | paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1987 by Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens |
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In a remote Scottish village, nine-year-old Wise Child is taken in by Juniper, a healer and sorceress. Then Wise Child’s mother, Maeve, a black witch, reappears. In choosing between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child discovers the extent of her supernatural powers—and her true loyalties.Rating Appertaining To Books Wise Child (Doran #1)
Ratings: 4.15 From 8229 Users | 344 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Wise Child (Doran #1)
One of my favorites fantasy books ever, hands down.Hands down, all time favorite book growing up. I still read it on average once or twice a year even now. If you know any kids around fourth or fifth grade that somehow haven't read HP yet, get this to them first! It can't compare with the blatant magic/high-fructose energy of HP. This is a more natural setting where the magic/otherworldly happenings sometimes have a more 'real' explanation, but it's up the reader to decide what to believe. Loves!
read these books a long time ago, should really read them again, I don't remember much from this series, except for the feeling they gave me. Something with a cave and hunderds of herbs hanging from the ceiling of a cottage. The fact they stayed with me for all these years, makes me think they should get at least 4 stars.
There is no book more central to my development as a human being than this one. I can't possibly review it critically. Some good points include a lovely style of guardian/parenting and a true acceptance/tolerance of other faiths. I also appreciate that the herb references are accurate, but that's probably because I'm a little nutty.
Recently re-read this, and found it again to be the rare kind of book that makes me want to work harder and be a better person (usually only George Macdonald can do that!). And it is a wonderful story from an excellent writer, one whose work mainly dealt with mysticism and the lives of certain Christian mystics. Furlong had a beautiful mind, and I wish she'd written more fiction!
This book was recommended to me by one of my young friends. She said it was one of her favourites. I think if I had read it when I was younger first, I would have put it at the top of my list too. I probably would have dreamed of having a life like Wise Child.It's a lovely coming-of-age story. A slower, softer kind of fantasy that explores how a young girl, over time, learns about witchcraft. I like the authenticity of Wise Child's struggles. She doesn't like the hard work, but slowly begins to
"Wise Child, come to me, over the land and hill and sea..." That simple line has become a haunting sing-song in my mind, and I've been unable to forget it ever since I first read Wise Child by Monica Furlong when I was younger. It is not a difficult book to read, and it's easy to get wrapped up in Wise Child's story. With no one to turn to after her grandmother dies, she becomes the ward of the (rumored) witch Juniper. As she spends more time with the woman, though, she learns that appearances
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