The Hero and the Crown
Winner of the 1985 Newbery Medal. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award nominee 1985.
AERIN COULD NOT REMEMBER A TIME WHEN SHE HAD NOT KNOWN THE STORY; SHE HAD GROWN UP KNOWING IT.
It
was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into
marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told
that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found
she had borne a daughter instead of a son.
Aerin was that daughter.
But there was more
of the story yet to be told; Aerin's destiny was greater than even she
had dreamed – for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power
of the Blue Sword...
Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley (born 1952 as Jennifer Carolyn Robin Turrell McKinley) is a fantasy author. She won the 1998 Phoenix Award honor book for Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978), Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword (1982), Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown (1984), the World Fantasy Award for editing Imaginary Lands (1985) and the Mythopoeic Award for Sunshine (2003).
Damar series
Damar series consists of 2 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
