About this title: A complicated thread of fairy tales, superstition, and politics weaves through nine-year-old Coriander Hobie's life and transforms it utterly. Set in Cromwell's London of the 1650s, Coriander is the beloved daughter of a successful merchant and a locally renowned healing woman. When a pair of dainty silver shoes, just Coriander's size, appears on their doorstep, she is beside herself with desire for them, but her mother locks them away. Coriander sneaks them out of a locked cabinet, and slips them on in secret. This simple act changes her family's lives forever, opening the door to the ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dial, New York, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780803730991ISBN:0803730993
Description: New in New jacket. 0803730993 Coriander Hobie, born in 1643, has a remarkable tale to tell--the tale of a childhood touched by unexplained bits of wonder, but too soon marked by tragedy. After her beloved mother dies and her father is forced to flee London, Coriander is left at the mercy of a stepmother full of cruelty. In the very nick of time, Coriander finds that she has somehow managed to transport herself to a land of fairies, and there she discovers what she has always suspected: that ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780142407639ISBN:0142407631
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2007-03-01
ISBN-13:9780142407639ISBN:0142407631
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
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