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    Castle Avamir
    Castle Avamir
    Castle Avamir
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    Castle Avamir

    By Kathleen Duey and Omar Rayyan

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    It has been a long, hard winter, and the Gypsies are glad to be leaving Lord Levin's mountains for the sunny plains of Lord Kaybale's lands. But that means time is running out for Heart. The old stories say that Castle Avamir is higher than the clouds, deep in a valley, under the stars, and over the moon.

    It makes no sense -- but if Heart can't solve the riddle, she might never find a safe haven for her beloved unicorns.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateJun 25, 2008
    ISBN9781439108833
    Castle Avamir
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    Kathleen Duey

    Kathleen Duey’s works include the middle grade American Diaries and Survivors series, as well as the well-reviewed chapter book series The Unicorn’s Secret and its companion series, The Faeries’ Promise. She is also the National Book Award–nominated author of Skin Hunger. She lives in Fallbrook, California.

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      Castle Avamir - Kathleen Duey

      CHAPTER ONE

      Heart wiped a raindrop from the tip of her nose.

      She pulled her cloak tighter and shivered.

      Davey’s wagon was stuck fast.

      Its wheels were half buried in mud.

      Davey sat on the driver’s bench.

      The reins were loose in his hands. His jacket and shirt were dark with rainwater. His trousers were mud stained.

      The horses were nervous and he was singing to them.

      Heart brushed at her own clothes, then at Moonsilver’s armor. The boots Josepha had given her were caked in mud. Everything was.

      We need a hand! Binney was shouting. Davey’s stuck.

      Groans rose from the long line of Gypsy wagons.

      Heart made a face. Every muscle in her body was sore.

      They had been struggling against the weather since they had left Bidenfast.

      Usually, Binney said, they made it to Lord Kaybale’s sheltered valleys before the worst storms hit. Not this year.

      Winter in Lord Levin’s mountains had been long and cruel.

      They had spent months huddled in the crowded wagons.

      The cold didn’t seem to bother Moonsilver or Avamir. It was terrible for everyone else.

      Zim had been sick for weeks, sniffling and coughing. The horses shivered and stood close together. Kip slept inside Binney’s wagon, curled in a ball so tight his tail covered his ears.

      The snow storms finally stopped.

      Then the rains had begun.

      The streams had turned into deep torrents of dark, muddy water.

      There was a low, distant rumble of thunder. Not much chance we’ll sleep dry tonight, Talia called. She pointed at the dark clouds overhead. Looks like another storm.

      Heart glanced up. It has to clear up sometime.

      Talia grinned. The sooner the better.

      Heart didn’t answer. She was sick of the cold, of the wet, of the wagons being so crammed with people every evening that she couldn’t read or practice writing.

      Tibbs had left behind a whole packet of paper.

      Heart had found a hawk’s feather to make a quill pen.

      She knew her writing wasn’t very good yet.

      She could barely read it.

      But she was determined to improve.

      I miss our campfires, Talia said. None of us has practiced reading since Tibbs left. Not even you.

      Heart nodded unhappily. It was true.

      She hadn’t told the Gypsies about Moonsilver healing Lord Irmaedith, or the storybook he had given her, and only Zim knew about Lord Dunraven’s. So she had to keep them hidden.

      She wanted to tell Binney everything.

      But it was forbidden for commoners to have books. And one of the books in her carry-sack had been taken from Lord Dunraven’s castle.

      If she got caught, Heart didn’t want the Gypsies to get into trouble too.

      Maybe Gypsies just aren’t supposed to learn to read,

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