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Gr 7-10 The Valley is left alone by barbarian marauders from the north and by the powerful, greedy Empire to the south. Old stories explain why. Although these ancient legends are hardly believed any more, Tilja's mother still goes into the forest to sing to the cedars and Tahl's grandfather talks to the waters that flow along the northern border. Their families have been protecting the Valley in this manner for nearly 20 generations. Now that magical protection is breaking down, and Tilja, her grandmother, Tahl, and his grandfather set out on a quest to find a mysterious man who...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

For twenty generations, Tilja's family has performed a ritual to renew the strange forest sickness that protects their valley from invasion by the huge and ancient empire lying to the south. When the magic begins to fade, Tilja and her grandmother Meena, together with Tahl and his grandfather Alnor from the family that protects the valley to the north, begin a journey to find the magician Faheel and ask him to renew his original enchantments. Both the valley they leave and the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More