INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Rodda, Emily

Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal

(2) 4-6 In his third book, Rowan travels with his mother, Jiller, who is destined to choose the next leader of the neighboring land. Three Candidates compete to be named the next Keeper of the Crystal, and when Jiller is poisoned, Rowan must take her place as the Chooser. Rowan insists that he will first find the antidote to the poison in the hope that it might save his mother's ebbing life. Filled with tension and danger, this short fantasy is a gripping read.

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