Close Kin
Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
The goblin King's face lit up with amusement. "Seylin was proposing marriage to you," he cried, "and you wanted him to change into a cat?"
A thrilling and magical sequel to The Hollow Kingdom
For years Emily has been living happily in the underground goblin kingdom. Now she is old enough to marry, but when her childhood friend Seylin proposes, she doesn't even pay attention.
Devastated, Seylin leaves the kingdom to find his own people: the elves. Emily sets out in search of him. But they accidentally awaken hatreds and prejudices that have slumbered for hundreds of years, and soon two worlds are brought onto a dangerous collision course.
Clare B. Dunkle once again draws readers deep into the magical realm that Newbery-winning author Lloyd Alexander calls "as persuasive as it is remarkable."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Favorite story lines and characters continue this fall. Clare B. Dunkle spins a sequel to her The Hollow Kingdom, which PW called, in a starred review, "a luminously polished fantasy that starts off strong and just gets better." With Close Kin, Dunkle broadens the story of the sisters, with Kate happily married to the Goblin King, Marak, and Emily joyfully tending to the many goblin children. But when Emily's best friend, Seylin, proposes and she turns him down, he decides to leave the kingdom to search for his elf ancestors. Emily, realizing how much she cares for him, sets out to find him, as Dunkle thrusts readers deeper into the fascinating psyche of the goblins, dwarfs, elves and humans that populate her world. .
