- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Viking Canada (JV HC) (Jan 30 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0670882216
- ISBN-13: 978-0670882212
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Book Description
Young Maeve is disgruntled and depressed when she is sent for the summer to her aunt's house in Newfoundland while her parents try to work out problems in their marriage and careers. But she does enjoy Newfoundland's rustic charms and the closeness she feels there to her favourite grandmother, now dead. Maeve's grandmother was the author of a fantastic book about the secret world of Annwn and Maeve is delighted to discover her grandmother's diary and a beautiful Celtic brooch that was stored with it.
Then something strange begins to happen, something that convinces Maeve she is leaving Newfoundland, and in no ordinary fashion. Before long, Maeve finds herself in the Hidden World, a place she is sure her grandmother has visited too, a place that is alive with magic and danger. As she struggles to help her new-found friends in Annwn and unravel the mystery of her grandmother's time there, she finds herself immersed in a world of legend, where Celtic myths, tales of the sea and the secrets of Avalon come together in a fantastic and horrifying way.
About the Author
Alison Baird's book The Dragon's Egg was nominated for the Ontario Library Association's Silver Birch Award. Baird's stories have appeared in ON SPEC: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing and The Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction, published by St. Martin's Press.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The hidden World,
By V. Lefrancois-D "Vero" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hidden World (Paperback)
Hi, I first read this book two years ago when I was 12 and loved it then. When I read it again, I found that I still loved it. This is book that I highly recommend. It is an exiting and well written book that introduces the reader to celtic lore through the eyes of Maeve O'Conner. If you enjoy this book as much as I have then I recomend it's prequel, THE WOLVES OF WODEN, wich is an exiting an well written book as well that tells the story of Maeve's grandmother Jean's adventure into celtic lore during world war 2. I personaly prefer THE HIDDEN WORLD. I hope that this review was helpful.Vero
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hidden World (Paperback)
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. The way Baird seamlessly integrates present-day Newfoundland with Avalon is simply stunning. The prose flows along wonderfully, and the story is great. I definitely recommend this book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Narnia, meet Newfoundland!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hidden World (Paperback)
Every so often, and not often enough, you read a book and know it was something truly special. Hidden World is such a book. Strongly written, with characters so real they'll haunt you, and descriptions that whisk you to marvelous lands both imagined and real, this book immediately made me feel as though I'd been the first person to discover Narnia. Don't be fooled by the Y/A location in some stores. This book is accessible to teen readers, but a sophisticated older reader of fantasy will thoroughly enjoy it. There is an amazing depth and detail to Hidden World. It could have easily been twice as long, but Baird's crisp, clear writing whirls readers into her magical realms without a wasted word or moment. If you want to be part of something wonderful in fantasy, if you want say you were one of the first to find the next "must-read" in the genre, try Hidden World.
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