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420 pp.
| Greenwillow |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-06-029885-5$$16.95 1984
(2)
YA
Readers who can get past this edition's unattractive new jacket art will find an inventive and skillfully orchestrated novel. Set in the present but rooted in two romantic British ballads--"Thomas the Rhymer" and "Tam Lin"--the novel examines the nature of heroism and love and is rich in literary allusion.