Sabriel

Nix, Garth. Sabriel. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

Eighteen-year-old Sabriel must travel to a dangerous and magical world to rescue her missing father.

When Sabriel receives a message that her father, the powerful necromancer Abhorsen, is trapped in Death, she journeys to the dangerous and mysterious world of the Old Kingdom to save him. She finds the land darkened by struggle as the wicked Kerrigor fights to gain power.

On her quest, she is joined by the cat-like Mogget and the damaged young man Touchstone. Are they good or evil, friend or foe? Will she rescue her father, only to lose him again? With peril pounding her from all sides, can Sabriel find her destiny in time to staunch the flow of evil? First in The Old Kingdom Trilogy Sabriel (1995), Lirael (2001), and Abhorsen (2003).

Awards
Winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction - Best Young Adult Novel and Best Fantasy Novel, 1995; An American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults, 1997; ALA Notable Children's Books of 1997; 1997 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library); VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, 1996; Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Books in the Middle: Outstanding Books of 1996.

Design by Darcy Soper. Scanned May 30, 2009.

Nix, Garth. Sabriel. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 0-06-027322-4. $15.95.