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The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
The inner bookjacket says this is the "prequel" (their emphasis) to [b:The Blue Sword|407813|The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)|Robin McKinley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1286927812s/407813.jpg|2321296], but I guess it was written afterwards to expand the world, so Goodreads lists it as #2 in the Damar series.
This is a lovely coming-of-age story with a female protagonist. Certain parts reminded me of elements from the Earthsea series by [a:Ursula K. Le Guin|874602|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1244291425p2/874602.jpg] and The Dark Tower by [a:Stephen King|3389|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362814142p2/3389.jpg]. The type of struggles, and the style and pace of the writing make me hesitate to tag this as "YA" because I'd probably recommend to a younger audience than I usually think of for most YA novels. For this book I'd say maybe as young as 5/6th grade but probably more in the middle school range. Definitely still enjoyable as an adult reading it for the first time though. (Thanks for the rec, Diana!)
This is a lovely coming-of-age story with a female protagonist. Certain parts reminded me of elements from the Earthsea series by [a:Ursula K. Le Guin|874602|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1244291425p2/874602.jpg] and The Dark Tower by [a:Stephen King|3389|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362814142p2/3389.jpg]. The type of struggles, and the style and pace of the writing make me hesitate to tag this as "YA" because I'd probably recommend to a younger audience than I usually think of for most YA novels. For this book I'd say maybe as young as 5/6th grade but probably more in the middle school range. Definitely still enjoyable as an adult reading it for the first time though. (Thanks for the rec, Diana!)