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ALOSHA by CHRISTOPHER PIKE
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SummaryEvery young girl dreams that she's secretly a princess of
a
far-off land and that someday her true parents will come
to
claim her and usher her into a life of luxury, an fabulous
existence where she might even have magical powers and be
swept off her feet by a handsome prince.
Teenager Ali Warner has reason to cling to such a fantasy.
Her mother died in a car accident a year ago. Her father,
a
trucker determined to work through his grief, hasn't
acknowledged Ali's burgeoning figure or complicated
emotions. Her friends still aren't sure how to talk about
her mother's death. And the Southern California forest
that
has always been Ali's refuge is about to be ravaged by
logging.
Ali is about to discover that she is a princess-a fairy
princess. And that she has to save the world. For real. To claim her fairy powers, Ali must overcome seven
potentially lethal challenges. Then she must scale a
mountain and confront the King of the Dwarves and the King
of the Elves, whose armies are poised to invade Earth. With her bemused 21st century friends, a sly leprechaun,
and an extremely loyal, extremely ugly, troll by her side,
Ali begins the most momentous journey of her young life, a
journey during which she will learn much about herself and
the past she thought she knew. She will conquer fire and
water, earth and air, and even time itself. She will be
both betrayer and betrayed, will see death close at hand,
and will snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Ali Warner is Alosha. Welcome to her world.
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"For fans of the Harry Potter crowd"
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 15, 2004
In Breakwater, California, thirteen year old Alison "Ali"
Warner knows her protesting the cutting down of trees
means nothing to the lumber industry, but feels she must
do so anyway. After Ali buys a sub to take with her on
her trek up the mountainside, three foot Paddy O'Connell Read more...
"For fans of the Harry Potter crowd"
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 18, 2007
In Breakwater, California, thirteen year old Alison "Ali"
Warner knows her protesting the cutting down of trees means
nothing to the lumber industry, but feels she must do so
anyway. After Ali buys a sub to take with her on her trek
up the mountainside, three foot Paddy O'Connell Read more...
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