I, Coriander - Hardcover

Gardner, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803730993 ISBN 13: 9780803730991

Publisher: Dial, 2005

Synopsis

When her father dies and she is left in the care of her cruel stepmother, young Coriander Hobie fears what the future will bring, but when she suddenly discovers she has magical powers similar to those of her late mother, Coriander must learn to master them in order to gain the courage she needs to leave and go out in the world on her own.

About this title

About the Author:

Sally Gardner, who lives in London, had a very successful career as a costume designer for the theater before turning to children's book illustration and writing after the births of her children, twin girls and a boy. She has been called "an idiosyncratic genius" by London’s Sunday Times. I, Coriander is her first young adult novel.

From AudioFile:

Sally Gardner's novel (winner of the 2005 British Nestlé Children's Book Prize) is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Cromwellian England and a mirror-world of fairies, magic, and evil queens. Young Coriander must cope with her splintered family, the revelation that her mother was a fairy, and the sinister machinations of her Puritan stepmother and the preacher Arise Fell. With a dreamy narration that befits the fantastical nature of the story, Juliet Stevenson skillfully adjusts her British accent to depict different characters and classes--and even the scratchy, menacing voice of a talking raven. Listeners will also be interested in an interview at the end of the book in which the author discusses her writing process and her struggle with dyslexia. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Dial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0803730993
• ISBN 13: 9780803730991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288