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Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Robin McKinley; Peter Dickinson

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson,the team behind Water: Tales of ElementalSpirits, collaborate again to create five captivatingtales incorporating the element of fire.

In McKinley's "First Flight," a boy and his pet foogitunexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon,and her "Hellhound" stars a mysterious dog as a keyplayer in an eerie graveyard showdown. Dickinsonintroduces a young man who must defeat the creaturethreatening his clan in "Fireworm," a slave whosaves his village with a fiery magic spell in "SalamanderMan," and a girl whose new friend, the guardianof a mystical bird, is much older than he appearsin "Phoenix."

With time periods ranging from prehistoric to presentday, and settings as varied as a graveyard, amedieval marketplace and a dragon academy, thesestories are sure to intrigue and delight the authors'longtime fans and newcomers alike.


Summary

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire.

In McKinley?s ?First Flight,? a boy and his pet foogit unexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon, and her ?Hellhound? stars a mysterious dog as a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown. Dickinson introduces a young man who must defeat the creature threatening his clan in ?Fireworm,? a slave who saves his village with a fiery magic spell in ?Salamander Man,? and a girl whose new friend, the guardian of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears in ?Phoenix.?

With time periods ranging from prehistoric to present day, and settings as varied as a graveyard, a medieval marketplace and a dragon academy, these stories are sure to intrigue and delight the authors? longtime fans and newcomers alike.

From the publisher

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.


In 1927, Peter Dickinson was born in Africa, within earshot of Victoria Falls. When he was seven, his family moved to England, where he graduated from Eton and later Cambridge. After working on the editorial staff of the humor magazine Punch for seventeen years, Peter finally started on his career as a writer, which he knew he was meant for since he was five years old.

His first book was published in 1968, and since then he has written almost fifty novels, for adults and young readers. His children's books have won great acclaim here as well as in Great Britain, where he has received both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.

Peter lives in Hampshire, England, with his wife, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley.

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  • Title Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits
  • Author Robin McKinley; Peter Dickinson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 297
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 2009-10-29
  • ISBN 9780399252891 / 0399252894
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.51 x 1.04 in (23.47 x 16.54 x 2.64 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 1020
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short stories, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009004730
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.


In 1927, Peter Dickinson was born in Africa, within earshot of Victoria Falls. When he was seven, his family moved to England, where he graduated from Eton and later Cambridge. After working on the editorial staff of the humor magazine Punch for seventeen years, Peter finally started on his career as a writer, which he knew he was meant for since he was five years old.

His first book was published in 1968, and since then he has written almost fifty novels, for adults and young readers. His children's books have won great acclaim here as well as in Great Britain, where he has received both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.

Peter lives in Hampshire, England, with his wife, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley.

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