Enchantress from the Stars

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Originally published in 1970 and then again in 2001, this re-issue of a Newbery Honor-winning book has a new look to boost its profile. Elana, a member of an interstellar civilization on a mission to a medieval planet, becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion. How can she help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her own alien powers At the same time, Georyn, the son of an Andrecian woodcutter, knows only that there is a dragon in the enchanted forest, and he must defeat it. He sees Elana as the Enchantress from the Stars who has come to test him, to prove he is worthy. With its sci-fi and fantasy themes, this Newbery Honor novel has crossover potential to not only engage middle-grade readers, but to enthrall teenage and adult readers alike. With a foreword by Lois Lowry. Acclaim A Newbery Honor Book A Junior Library Guild selection An ALA Notable pick Winner of the 1990 Phoenix Award Finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Rediscovery category)

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Original and charming. * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
Thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining * HORN BOOK MAGAZINE *
One of the finest SF novels ever written. -- John Grant, author of Infinity Plus

Author Bio

Sylvia Engdahl is the author of ten science fiction novels. In addition she has published a nonfiction book, The Planet-Girded Suns: The Long History of Belief in Exoplanets. She has also worked as a freelance editor of nonfiction anthologies for high schools (most of the nonfiction books that appear in Amazon's catalog under her name are those edited by her in this capacity). She is a strong advocate of space colonization, and besides a widely-read space section of her website she created the site www.spacequotes.com, which contains quotations about why humankind must expand into space. www.sylviaengdahl.com.