Sabriel

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Nix, Garth. Sabriel. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Print. ISBN: 9780061474354. $9.99. 336 pages.

 

Awards & Honors:

 

Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel 1995

Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 1995

Ditmar Award for Best Long Fiction, shortlisted 1996
ALA Best Books for Young Adults 1997
ALA Notable Children's Book 1997

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee 1997
ISFDB Top 100 Books-Critical List
ALA Popular Books for Young Adults 2003, 2009

Annotation:

Sabriel thought she knew what she wanted to do after her schooling ended, until she learned from the other side that her father, Abhorsen the necromancer, is trapped in death and needs her to come over to the other side and save him. Sabriel is a fantasy adventure that will keep readers biting their nails and cheering for a brilliant heroin.

 

Review:

 

Sabriel tells the story of a young girl, who must set out on a quest to save her father, Abhorsen, from the trappings of death. Sabriel, daughter to Abhorsen, is not a normal girl and neither is her father, who is a necromancer, binder of the dead to death. How can Sabriel find her father and free him from an enemy that she has never seen in a world in that she has never visited?

The first part of the book focuses on introducing readers to Sabriel and the Old Kingdom, where she must travel to find her father.  As the book progresses on, we meet incredible characters like Mogget and Touchstone, who help Sabriel on her quest.  Nix has created a world filled with fear, death, humor, and love, and Sabriel is an admirable heroin.

 

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Sabriel is the first book in the Abhorsen Trilogy.  Lireal is the second installment and Abhorsen concludes the trilogy.

 

 

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