Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
Allen & Unwin, $22.99 pb, 432 pp, 9781741758627
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix
by Grace Nye •
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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