In a tale of both historical fiction and fairy fantasy, Coriander Hobie discovers she is caught between two worlds. The daughter of a London merchant in seventeenth-century Great Britain and a princess from the fairy world, Coriander never knew about her mother’s fairy world until she receives a pair of silver shoes. When she puts them on, however, she gains the ability to travel between the two worlds. Unfortunately, both worlds hold trials for Coriander. Her London home has become a miserable prison, with a captive father and a wicked stepmother ever since the death of her mother. The fairy tale world, on the other hand, is ruled by an evil witch who turned a handsome prince into a fox and is determined to be in control. Although only a teenager, Coriander must find a way to save the people in both of her worlds and ultimately decide where she belongs. 2006 USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Books List, Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award, shortlisted for the British Children’s Book of the Year and the Stockton Children’s Book of the Year, and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. smv

In this exceptionally well-crafted tale, Coriander tells the story of her childhood in seventeenth-century Londonaand of her discovery that she has inherited magical powers from her mother, who was a fairy princess. But her motheras sudden death brings on a dark time for Coriander. And after mourning her beloved mother and dealing with the disappearance of her father and the wrath of her evil stepmother, Coriander finds herself locked in a chest with no hope of escape and no will to survive. But when a bright light beckons to her, it is then that Corianderas journey truly begins. Beautifully written, this magical and luminous story is destined to become a childrenas classic.