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341 pp.
| Cavendish |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7614-5536-3$16.99
(3)
YA
Abisina, already outcast for her dark complexion and missing father, flees for her life when a visiting leader stirs up long-standing prejudices in her village. Allied with a dwarf, she journeys across a dangerous centaur-filled countryside in search of the mythic Watersmeet, where she hopes to find her father. Abbott explores difference, fear, and forgiveness in a richly developed fantasy world.