A nameplate under the badge read "Sabriel" and the Roman "VI" and gilt crown proclaimed her to be both a member of the Sixth Form and a prefect. That, coupled with her long skirt, stockings and sensible shoes, identified her as a schoolgirl. She wore no makeup or jewelry, save for an enameled school badge pinned to her regulation navy blazer. Her night-black hair, fashionably bobbed, was hanging slightly over her face. It still smelt faintly of lavender water.Ī tall, curiously pale young woman stood over the rabbit. Unnaturally clean fur, for it had just escaped from a bath. Its pink eyes were glazed and blood stained its clean white fur. The rabbit had been run over minutes before. Adventures to Read All Through the SummerĪ teenager who confronts evil to find her missing father in the first novel of this trilogy for young adults, recommended by librarian Nancy Pearl on Morning Edition.
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