The Dark Hills divide

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253 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Orchard Books.

ISBN:
978-0-439-70093-1
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4 stars (1 review)

When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall.

3 editions

reviewed The Dark Hills divide by Patrick Carman (The Land of Elyon ;)

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4 stars

[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]

had to read this for the mother/daughter bookclub and started it relunctantly... one page in, I predicted daughter would not like it (hubby asked why? I answered she wouldn't care for a 'lord of the rings' type fantasy tale) but really I was just betraying my own bias against the fantasy genre.

by the end of the first chapter - I was hooked. great tale. great setting. great allegory. and there's at least another 4 books in the series. so plenty more for daughter to read.

and hey - the author is/was a dad that told this tale to his daughters at bedtime... maybe there's a future career there for imaginative hubby.

Subjects

  • Human-animal communication -- Fiction.
  • Forest animals -- Fiction.
  • Forests and forestry -- Fiction.
  • Magic -- Fiction.