Transformations

HALAM, Ann

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ISBN 10: 0531057666 ISBN 13: 9780531057667

Published by Orchard Books, 1988

Language: English

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Title

Transformations

Publisher

Orchard Books

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

0531057666

ISBN 13

9780531057667

Binding

HARDCOVER

Edition

1st American edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Zanne, a young covenanted magician, battles the remnants of a former technological civilization that are corrupting a mining community

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Grade 7-9 A sequel to Daymaker (Orchard, 1987). Once machines were the dominant force in Inland: now it is the magic of the Covenant, a magic created by cooperation between and among all living and non-living things. Women with special magical talents are trained as coveners, becoming the integral part of each community's life. The best known of these is Zanne of Garth, who has been sent to the desolate mining area of Minither to locate and destroy a hidden machine. Readers will be hooked after reading of Zanne's quest and meeting bright, inquisitive Siri, so chaffed and restrained by her dour, self-reproving community. This severity of Minither is indirectly captured by Halam as she uses descriptors such as ``cold silver-and-black stream,'' ``glittering gray blocks,'' or ``sharp-cut face of the mountain.'' A fast-moving conclusion compensates for some plot-dragging when Zanne's quest seems to be set aside. The strong heroine offers a good accompaniment to Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword (1982) and The Hero and the Crown (1984, both Greenwillow). Pam Spencer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, Va.
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