Return to the Crows

By Dan Taylor, Beth Bracken and Kay Fraser

The peace of the magical Faerieground is being threatened by war, and no one is sure who is on which side. Is Soli becoming a Crow? Where have Lucy and Kheelan been? With friendships at stake and the kingdom in turmoil, will the good faeries prevail over the evil of the Crows?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Sep 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496507990

Dan Taylor

Odessa Sawyer is an illustrator from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She works mainly in digital mixed media, utilizing digital and traditional painting.

Book preview

The newborn princess was adored by her mother.

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But her mother couldn’t stay. Her mother had to leave, as much as she loved the baby. And so the baby was raised by her father.

It would be nice to say he tried his best, but it wouldn’t be true.

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We have spent two days preparing.

The morning that we’re supposed to leave is cold and wet. Hundreds of faeries—and I—gather near the palace where Calandra used to live. Jonn is barking orders. The other leaders—Lotham, Helenea, Motherbird, Montan, and Calla—are already on their horses, yelling to their own groups.

Kheelan stands near me, holding his horse’s reins and scribbling something on a ragged piece of paper. He folds the piece of paper and lets out an ear-splitting whistle. A large black bird swoops down out of nowhere.

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Kheelan tucks the paper into a thin band that’s tied around the bird’s neck. Then Kheelan whispers something, and the bird flies away.

It is time, Jonn calls.