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Available
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Publication
Scholastic Inc. (An Apple Paperback)
Pages
212
Description
A collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant, and their struggles to understand their true identity.
Description
Dusie has snakes for hair. Laura can hear the sea — even in the middle of New York City. Qiom used to be a tree. A girl is born with the fire of dragon blood in her veins and another longs for the feel of water against her skin. A scarecrow wonders at the world around him and a fallen angel tries to reclaim her family's soul.
These are the stories about the people who are not wholly human and the animals that are not purely animal — beings that stand between the two worlds feeling the emotions, thrills, and confusions of both. Their struggle will be to find their true forms, and then meaning and purpose in their lives after the choice.
Discover what it might be like to be only half human in these ten stories by well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, including Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, and Tamora Pierce.
These are the stories about the people who are not wholly human and the animals that are not purely animal — beings that stand between the two worlds feeling the emotions, thrills, and confusions of both. Their struggle will be to find their true forms, and then meaning and purpose in their lives after the choice.
Discover what it might be like to be only half human in these ten stories by well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, including Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, and Tamora Pierce.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
212 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0590955888 / 9780590955881
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LibraryThing member knielsen83
Loved this compilations of fantastic stories. A must read for lovers of fantasy.
LibraryThing member earthlistener
A really interesting collection of short stories. They all had an interesting spin on someone being ‘half-human.’ "Linnea" was perhaps my favorite of them all overall.
LibraryThing member flamingrosedrakon
This is one book that I tripped upon in high school and absolutely fell in love wit since it reaches the young developing heart of a child. For the average teen or adolescent these stories ask questions that may be bothering them while giving wise answers but all within a story.
What makes these
But what makes this book a one-of-a-kind is its beautiful artwork at the beginning of each story. Although black and white there is a vitality as you look at the pictures of a girl with snakes in her hair while the lights of New York flicker behind, of a dragon princess whose uniqueness is shown in the dropped cloth from her back and a centaur colt with a quizzical face. The pictures will most definitely stir your mind.
Star-Ratings for the Stories:
Becoming - 5
Linnea - 2
Water's Edge - 5
Elder Brother - 2
How To Make A Human (Poem) -5
Scarecrow - 3
Centaur Field - 2
Princess Dragonblood - 4
Soaring - 5
The Hardest, Kindest Gift - 4
What makes these
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stories (and one poem) special is that there are a lot of famous authors who have contributed to this beautiful collection. Their writings, although separate, don't conflict but give weight to each other while still carrying a strong fantasy/mythological tone of their own. And even better is you don't need to read it in order but allow yourself to pick and choose such as in this case I read the Introduction and poem before randomly opening up.But what makes this book a one-of-a-kind is its beautiful artwork at the beginning of each story. Although black and white there is a vitality as you look at the pictures of a girl with snakes in her hair while the lights of New York flicker behind, of a dragon princess whose uniqueness is shown in the dropped cloth from her back and a centaur colt with a quizzical face. The pictures will most definitely stir your mind.
Star-Ratings for the Stories:
Becoming - 5
Linnea - 2
Water's Edge - 5
Elder Brother - 2
How To Make A Human (Poem) -5
Scarecrow - 3
Centaur Field - 2
Princess Dragonblood - 4
Soaring - 5
The Hardest, Kindest Gift - 4
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LibraryThing member Vulco1
Good fantAsy anthology
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FIC G Cov