Synopsis
Relates what happens to three American children, unwillingly transplanted to Wales for one year, when one of them finds an ancient harp-tuning key that takes him back to the time of the great sixth-century bard Taliesin.
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Review
"A most impressive first novel...deftly blends fantasy and realism."
-- "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, " starred review
"A substantial achievement"
-- "Horn Book"
About the Author
Nancy Bond is the author of a number of books for young readers, including The Voyage Begun, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; A Place to Come Back To, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editor's Choice; and Truth to Tell. She wrote after attending library school in a Welsh town outside of Aberstwyth, the book's setting. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Penguin Young Readers Group, 1987
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