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    Fire and Hemlock

    Author Diana Wynne Jones
    Paperback
    $17.00 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Firebird
    On sale Apr 12, 2012 | 496 Pages | 9780142420140
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    An intricate, romantic fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue surrounding a most unusual love story—with an introduction from Garth Nix.

    “Complex . . . subtle . . . compelling reading.”—Booklist

    “A haunting, thought-provoking story.”—School Library Journal, starred review

    “I love Diana Wynne Jones.”—Robin McKinley

    Polly Whittacker has two sets of memories. In one, her childhood is boringly normal. In the other, she is friends with the unusual Thomas Lynn, a cellist whose complicated life expands to include her, too. As she packs to return to college, the second set of memories blazes up to displace the first, and Polly knows something is very wrong. Why did she forget? Is someone trying to make her forget? Soon she is the detective of her own history, and the trail leads her back to Tom Lynn, whose life, she now knows, is at supernatural risk.
    Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Married to the medievalist J. A. Burrow, with whom she had three sons, she lived for many years in Bristol, the setting for many of her books. Diana Wynne Jones passed away in March 2011, after a long illness. View titles by Diana Wynne Jones
    “Set in the present but rooted in two romantic British ballads—‘Thomas the Rhymer’ and ‘Tam Lin’—the novel examines the nature of heroism and love. . . . The inventive author skillfully orchestrates the stories—the ballads, adventures, and real life— into a reverberant composition.”—The Horn Book

    “An intricate romantic fantasy . . . Finely crafted, highly recommended.”—Fantasy Review

    “I love Diana Wynne Jones.”—Robin McKinley

    “She has a unique record of producing books you can’t forget! Every book is different. And every book is likely to be in someone’s top seven! I feel we need to acknowledge how lucky those of us are who grew up on her books, and to ensure subsequent generations enjoy the same intense and subtle pleasure.”—The Guardian

    “Diana Wynne Jones is truly a treasure, and every one of her stories is to be cherished.”—The SF Site

    “Complex . . . subtle . . . compelling reading.”—Booklist

    “A haunting, thought-provoking story.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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    An intricate, romantic fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue surrounding a most unusual love story—with an introduction from Garth Nix.

    “Complex . . . subtle . . . compelling reading.”—Booklist

    “A haunting, thought-provoking story.”—School Library Journal, starred review

    “I love Diana Wynne Jones.”—Robin McKinley

    Polly Whittacker has two sets of memories. In one, her childhood is boringly normal. In the other, she is friends with the unusual Thomas Lynn, a cellist whose complicated life expands to include her, too. As she packs to return to college, the second set of memories blazes up to displace the first, and Polly knows something is very wrong. Why did she forget? Is someone trying to make her forget? Soon she is the detective of her own history, and the trail leads her back to Tom Lynn, whose life, she now knows, is at supernatural risk.

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    Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Married to the medievalist J. A. Burrow, with whom she had three sons, she lived for many years in Bristol, the setting for many of her books. Diana Wynne Jones passed away in March 2011, after a long illness. View titles by Diana Wynne Jones

    Praise

    “Set in the present but rooted in two romantic British ballads—‘Thomas the Rhymer’ and ‘Tam Lin’—the novel examines the nature of heroism and love. . . . The inventive author skillfully orchestrates the stories—the ballads, adventures, and real life— into a reverberant composition.”—The Horn Book

    “An intricate romantic fantasy . . . Finely crafted, highly recommended.”—Fantasy Review

    “I love Diana Wynne Jones.”—Robin McKinley

    “She has a unique record of producing books you can’t forget! Every book is different. And every book is likely to be in someone’s top seven! I feel we need to acknowledge how lucky those of us are who grew up on her books, and to ensure subsequent generations enjoy the same intense and subtle pleasure.”—The Guardian

    “Diana Wynne Jones is truly a treasure, and every one of her stories is to be cherished.”—The SF Site

    “Complex . . . subtle . . . compelling reading.”—Booklist

    “A haunting, thought-provoking story.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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