The Kingfisher's Gift

by Susan Williams Beckhorn

Book Overview

Franny Morrow is an odd child. She talks quietly to herself, forgets to eat, and disappears for hours at a time. And there are the fairies: King Tamarack, Queen Iris, and Princess Meadowsweet. Fairies only Franny can see. Friends who are all she has left to remind her of her dead father. When Franny is sent to live with her eccentric grandmother, she takes the fairies with her. Together, they search the old house for a lost treasure: a Kingfisher's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399237127
• ISBN13: 9780399237126
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Junior Library Guild and IRA Honor Book

If you're the sort of person for whom fantasy is sometimes just as "real" as fantasy, you'll love this book. It reads like and old fashioned classic with modern-day insight. I loved the ending.