The Hollow Kingdom (2003) Clare B. Dunkle (Author)
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Orphans Kate and Emily arrive at Hallow Hill to live with their great aunts in The Lodge while their guardian remains in the manor house, surrounded by ancient legends that tell of young girls who disappear from the Hallow Hill area in the company of goblins. Kate and Emily explore the surrounding countryside and, while picnicking in a grove of old trees, feel as though they're being watched. Helping Kate and Emily find their way home one night, King Marak, head of the goblins, talks to Kate but she is repulsed by his distinctive, ugly goblin features. When Emily is missing and Kate thinks that Marak has stolen her, to save her sister she agrees to his proposal of marriage, though she doesn't relish living underground for the rest of her life. Kate soon learns that Marak is not the culprit in her sister's kidnapping in this author's first novel, also the first of a trilogy.
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Kate Winslow, Heiress (of Emily), Emily Winslow, Sister (younger sister of Kate), Marak, Royalty (king of the goblins), Celia Roberts, Aged Person (great-aunt of Kate and Emily), Primrose Roberts, Aged Person (great-aunt of Kate and Emily), Hugh Roberts, Guardian (of Kate and Emily)
GENRE :
Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction
SUB GENRE :
Young Adult
SETTING(S) :
Coventry, England, Europe, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Western Europe
SUBJECT :
Fantasy, Magic, Orphans, Sisters
TIME PERIOD :
19th century AD
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300126563
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010
SOURCE CITATION : "The Hollow Kingdom." 2010. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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