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Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix

Allen & Unwin, $22.99 pb, 432 pp, 9781741758627

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Garth Nix’s Sabriel (1995) remains a high water mark for Young Adult fantasy. With its strong-willed heroine and distinctive setting, which mingled wizardry and necromancy with industrial-era technology, the novel found a devoted following and influenced a generation of fantasy authors.

 


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Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix

Allen & Unwin, $22.99 pb, 432 pp, 9781741758627

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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