I remember spending lots of time staring at the cover though, and how much I loved the story behind it.
My personal copy didn't look like this, but I also have no idea where it went. Let's dive in with my first pick: Into the Land of the Unicorns, by Bruce Coville. Should be fun, with a slight chance of trauma, embarrassment, and the possibly negative effects of the passing of time.sounds great, right? For funsies, I'll be including an adorable picture of myself around the time I was into each book (If such a picture can be found). As the threads of destiny weave about her, Cara will discover at last the truth about the unicorns-a truth that brings hard choices for everyone she loves as this magnificent, multi-stranded saga thunders to its astonishing conclusion.Welcome to a new segment I'm calling "Book Report" where I re-read a book I loved or remember enjoying, but don't remember anything else about.
At the center of this great struggle is the human girl, Cara Diana Hunter. Through that tunnel strides Beloved, the ancient enemy of the unicorns, followed by an army of Hunters eager to destroy every last unicorn. Now the tree is wounded, pierced by a tunnel that connects it to Earth. In the center of Luster towers an enormous tree that is the Heart of the World. As father and daughter travel their separate paths, each will discover unexpected friendships, face heart-stopping danger, and uncover puzzling new mysteries. At the same time, Cara's father, Ian Hunter, searches for a way to enter the Rainbow Prison, in order to free Cara's mother from the strange spell that holds her. As a result, the queen must send the human girl Cara Dianna Hunter-to the Valley of the Centaurs, in quest of an ancient story that may hold the key to survival for all of Luster.
Each stage of Cara's journey brings new peril, wondrous new characters, and new clues to the mystery of her grandmother's past.Īs the unicorns of Luster prepare for an invasion led by their ancient enemy, Beloved, a troubling new clue to the dangers they face is discovered in an ancient scroll. Luster, the world where the unicorns fled to escape the Hunters who have sworn to wipe them out, has dangers of its own-as Cara discovers when she attempts to cross that world in a desperate effort to rescue her grandmother. Soon the two friends are joined by a rebellious young unicorn named Lightfoot, and a ridiculous creature known only as "the Squijum." With her new friends, Cara begins a dangerous journey across Luster to deliver a message from her grandmother to the Queen of the Unicorns. When a goblin-like monster called a delver tries to steal the amulet, Cara is rescued by "the Dimblethum," a huge, shambling man-beast. Clutching her grandmother's mysterious amulet, and following the old woman's strange instructions, Cara escapes into Luster, the Land of the Unicorns. On a wintry night Cara and her grandmother are pursued into St.
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