The flint heart : a fairy story / by Katherine and John Paterson ; illustrated by John Rocco.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2011Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 275 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1536203718; 9781536203714Subject(s): Fairy tales | Magic -- Juvenile fiction | Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers -- Juvenile fiction | Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction | Virtues -- Juvenile fiction | Amulets -- Juvenile fiction | Fairies -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Fairy tales. | Fantasy fiction. DDC classification: 813.54 Summary: Long ago, a magic man created an enchanted charm that granted incredible power - at the cost of the wearer's own tenderness and compassion. Thousands of years later, a kindly father discovers the Flint Heart among the reeds and rocks near his farm and is transformed into a cruel and merciless brute. Determined to win back their father's true nature, Charles and Unity set off into an enchanted world where animals talk, fairies hold elaborate banquets, and magical mischief must be resolved to bring their lives back to rights again.
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"Freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts's 1910 fantasy".
Long ago, a magic man created an enchanted charm that granted incredible power - at the cost of the wearer's own tenderness and compassion. Thousands of years later, a kindly father discovers the Flint Heart among the reeds and rocks near his farm and is transformed into a cruel and merciless brute. Determined to win back their father's true nature, Charles and Unity set off into an enchanted world where animals talk, fairies hold elaborate banquets, and magical mischief must be resolved to bring their lives back to rights again.
Ages 7-10.
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