Cauth here. It's pretty rare that I get to be the spokesdoll for the week, seeing how it's usually some combination of Kana, Lily, or Shep, but I'm the one who actually enjoys reading fantasy novels, particularly anything with swordfighting, so I claimed this week's show-and-tell-and-book-report.
While we're all binge-reading Newbery books, I have to show off two of my favorites: 'The Blue Sword' and 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley. Damar is a strange land of magic and history that's now a desert populated mostly by nomadic tribes. And we still don't know what's up the Northerners (creepy magic) or Homeland (aka Great Britain), but we do get to know Damar. First though Harry's eyes (The Blue Sword) as she get kidnapped, becomes an awesome magical warrior with a magical sword, and saves the kingdom (and incidentally finding out her great-grandmother was a tribeswoman, so she comes by the magic naturally), and then we learn the ancient history of Aerin (The Hero and the Crown) and how the Blue Sword came to be and how Damar became what it is now.
Both books are highly recommended for any human or doll that enjoys solid adventures with female characters who are actually well-written well-rounded people (that tend towards being tomboys, but that comes with the territory of 1980s sword-and-sorcery)
Humans have libraries and bookstores. Dolls can get their copy of 'The Blue Sword' from here instead.
Thank you for all the wonderful books you are generously posting!
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