Robin McKinley's other books include the Newbery Award-winning "The Hero and the Crown"; Newbery Honor Book "The Blue Sword; Sunshine; Spindle's End; Rose Daughter; Deerskin; The Outlaws of Sherwood;" and the short story collections "The Door in the Hedge; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories;" and, with her husband, the author Peter Dickinson, "Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits". She lives in England with her husband, three whippets, and over five hundred rosebushes.
A compelling and inventive novel set in a world where science and magic are at odds Maggie knows something's off about Val, her mom's new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won't have any tech in his office-shed behind the...[SEE MORE]