Swordbird
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| Author | Nancy Yi Fan |
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| Illustrator | Mark Zug |
| Cover artist | Mark Zug |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Children's Books |
| Publication date | February 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Swordbird is a fantasy novel written by Nancy Yi Fan. A prequel, Sword Quest, was released January 22, 2008.
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[edit] Plot introduction
In this story, the birds of Stone-Run Forest are in danger of being enslaved by Turnatt, the evil tyrant hawk lord of Fortress Glooming which is being built. Only Swordbird, a giant dove-like bird of peace with magical powers, has the power to defeat Turnatt with the use of a Leasorn Sword, with one of the Leasorn Gems on its hilt, said to be a crystallized tear of the Great Spirit with the power to summon Swordbird. But there are only seven Leasorn Gems in the world, with an eighth one in Swordbird's sword, so the birds of Stone-Run have no clue where to find one. However, when Miltin tells them that his tribe has one of the Leasorns, Aska and Miltin go on an immediate quest going through perils. Swordbird tells of the quest for peace of the birds of Stone-Run Forest. [1]
[edit] Characters
- Aska- a blue jay of the Bluewingle tribe
- Cody- a blue jay of the Bluewingle tribe
- Flame-back- the cardinal leader of the Sunrise tribe
- Glenagh- an elder blue jay of the Bluewingle tribe
- Miltin- a robin and a slavebird of Fortress Glooming who sadly dies towards the end of the book.
- Reymarsh- Miltin's father and the leader of the Waterthorn tribe
- Skylion- the blue jay leader of the Bluewingle tribe
- Swordbird- the white bird, son of the great spirit, who can only be summoned by the Leasorn Gem
- Tilosses- an old sparrow slavebird of Fortress Glooming
- Turnatt- the tyrant hawk lord of Fortress Glooming
- Slime-beak: The captain of the slavebirds and army of Fortress Glooming.
- Bone-squak=head cook of Fortress glooming.
- Sklarkskills: jackdaws which chant "Sklarkills, Sklarkills, kill kill kill!" over and over.Lives in Whitecap mountains near Waterthorn.
[edit] Awards
Swordbird, a New York Times bestseller, was nominated for the Book Sense Children's Picks List for Spring 2007. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Fan, Nancy Yi (2007). Swordbird. HarperCollins Children's Books.
- ^ www.swordbird - SWORDBIRD (2007) and SWORD QUEST (2008)
