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      The Owl Service

      by Alan Garner
      Published
      Nov 1979
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      192
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      About This Book

      THE VALLEY OF MYTH AND POWER...

      ...where magic made a woman out of flowers, where a doomed warrior won vengeance from beyond the grave, where the power of sorcery built and built and sought release.

      Then Alison found plates with owl patterns that vanished; Roger felt screams near an ancient stone, and Gwyn touched the force of a tragic Celtic legend—unknowing, they broke the seals that bound the sorcery.

      Mythic forces, of love and damnation, lived again. The magic was loose...

      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Jul 1981 Del Rey ISBN13 9780345290441 ISBN10 0345290445
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      Nov 1992 Yearling ISBN13 9780440407355 ISBN10 0440407354
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      Jan 2001 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007127894 ISBN10 0007127898
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      First Edition Nov 1979 Philomel ISBN13 9780399208058 ISBN10 0399208054
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