Enchantress from the Stars

#1 Elana

Sylvia Engdahl

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Bloomsbury Publishing
01 June 2018

General fiction (Children's&YA); Aliens; Alien Invasion; Kids

Originally published in 1970 and then again in 2001, this re-issue of a Newbery Honor-winning book has a new look to boost its profile.

Elana, a member of an interstellar civilization on a mission to a medieval planet, becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion. How can she help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her own alien powers? At the same time, Georyn, the son of an Andrecian woodcutter, knows only that there is a dragon in the enchanted forest, and he must defeat it. He sees Elana as the Enchantress from the Stars who has come to test him, to prove he is worthy.

With its sci-fi and fantasy themes, this Newbery Honor novel has crossover potential to not only engage middle-grade readers, but to enthrall teenage and adult readers alike.

With a foreword by Lois Lowry.

Acclaim A Newbery Honor Book A Junior Library Guild selection An ALA Notable pick Winner of the 1990 Phoenix Award Finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Rediscovery category)

By: Sylvia Engdahl
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781681196138
ISBN 10: 1681196131
Publication Date: 01 June 2018
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sylvia Engdahl is the author of ten science fiction novels, and published a nonfiction book, The Planet-Girded Suns: The Long History of Belief in Exoplanets. She has also worked as a freelance editor of nonfiction anthologies for high school students. She is a strong advocate of space colonization, curating a widely-read space section of her website and the website www.spacequotes.com, which contains quotations about why humankind must expand into space.www.sylviaengdahl.com.

Reviews for Enchantress from the Stars (#1 Elana)

Original and charming. * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * Thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining * HORN BOOK MAGAZINE * One of the finest SF novels ever written. -- John Grant, author of <i>Infinity Plus</i>