The Silver Crown

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  • In
  • this
  • gripping
  • and
  • memorable
  • middle
  • grade
  • fantasy
  • from
  • Newbery
  • Medal–winning
  • author
  • Robert
  • C.
  • O’Brien,
  • good
  • and
  • evil
  • are
  • locked
  • in
  • battle
  • and
  • the
  • balance
  • between
  • the
  • two
  • can
  • only
  • be
  • restored
  • by
  • one
  • young
  • girl’s
  • determination
  • to
  • set
  • things
  • right.**“It
  • lay
  • beside
  • her
  • on
  • the
  • pillow,
  • shinier
  • than
  • silver,
  • glowing
  • softly,
  • with
  • twinkling
  • blue
  • stones
  • set
  • all
  • around....It
  • did
  • not
  • occur
  • to
  • her
  • to
  • wonder
  • from
  • whom
  • it
  • had
  • come;
  • she
  • was
  • merely
  • aware
  • that
  • it
  • was
  • hers
  • by
  • right.”Ellen
  • awakens
  • one
  • morning
  • with
  • a
  • mysterious
  • silver
  • crown
  • on
  • the
  • pillow
  • beside
  • her.
  • What
  • magic
  • powers
  • it
  • possesses
  • she
  • has
  • not
  • yet
  • discovered,
  • but
  • the
  • sudden
  • changes
  • in
  • her
  • life
  • are
  • unmistakable:
  • her
  • house
  • is
  • burned
  • down,
  • her
  • family
  • has
  • disappeared,
  • and
  • a
  • man
  • in
  • a
  • dark
  • uniform
  • is
  • stalking
  • her.
  • Can
  • Ellen
  • ever
  • find
  • her
  • family?
  • Can
  • she
  • use
  • the
  • power
  • of
  • the
  • silver
  • crown
  • to
  • thwart
  • the
  • powers
  • of
  • darkness?
  • What
  • diabolical
  • force
  • hides
  • inside
  • the
  • mysterious
  • castle
  • in
  • the woods?
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