The Flint Heart
By Katherine Paterson, John Paterson, John Rocco (Illustrator)
A talisman corrupts all it touches. Can siblings stop its dark influence?
In a world where a talisman known as the Flint Heart corrupts all it touches, siblings Charles and Unity face a daunting challenge. As the talisman resurfaces, it threatens a farmer, a fairy, and even a badger. With the help of the enigmatic Zagabog, the wisest fairy, they must find a way to break its dark spell. Will they succeed in saving humans, fairies, and animals from its grasp? Dive into this enchanting tale of courage and magic, where the fate of many rests on the shoulders of two brave children.
A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts’s 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by Katherine and John Paterson. An ambitious Stone Age man demands a talisman that will harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe. Against his better judgment, the tribe’s magic man creates the Flint Heart, but the cruelty of it causes the destruction of the tribe. Thousands of years later, the talisman reemerges to corrupt a kindly farmer, an innocent fairy creature, and a familial badger. Can Charles and his sister Unity, who have consulted with fairies such as the mysterious Zagabog, wisest creature in the universe, find a way to rescue humans, fairies, and animals alike from the dark influence of the Flint Heart? This humorous, hearty, utterly delightful fairy tale is the sort for an entire family to savor together or an adventurous youngster to devour.
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- Words
- 33,261
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 1030L
Book details
- ATOS
- 6.4
- F&P level
- ~Y
- AR points
- 5
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 146506
- Published
- September 27, 2011
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Language
- eng
- Type
- Chapter Book
- ISBN
- 9780763647124
- LCCN
- 2010048225
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