The Hollow Kingdom: Book I -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

"She had never screamed before, not when she overturned the rowboat and almost drowned, not even when Lightfoot bucked her off and she felt her leg break underneath her with an agonizing crunch. But now she screamed long and loud, with all her breath." Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage-until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself. Intelligent, pleasant, and completely pitiless, Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be a king-and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom. The Hollow Kingdom is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. **

clare Dunkle's Acclaimed Fantasy Trilogy— Now Available In Paperback

for Thousands Of Years, Young Women Have Been Vanishing From Hallow Hill, Never To Be Seen Again. Now Kate And Emily Have Moved There With No Idea Of The Land's Dreadful Heritage—until Marak Decides To Tell Them Himself. Marak Is A Powerful Magician Who Claims To Be The Goblin King, And He Has Very Specific Plans For The Two New Girls Who Have Trespassed Into His Kingdom . . .

so Begins The Award-winning Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Now In Paperback, These Editions Welcome A Whole New Audience To The Magical Realm That Newbery Award Winner Lloyd Alexander Calls As Persuasive As It Is Remarkable.

publishers Weekly

in A Starred Review, Pw Said That Dunkle, In A Masterly Debut,... Laces Her Plotting With Twists And Surprises, At The Same Time Staying True To Archetypal Themes About Love And Death. Ages 12-up. (sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage. Until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself. Intelligent, pleasant, and completely pitiless, Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be a King - and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom. In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen