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The silver crown

Robert C. O'Brien

1968222 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1968
first published
  • 1968Atheneum · 274 pages · ENG
  • 1973Gollancz · 222 pages · ENGISBN 9780575016088
  • 1983Gollancz · 222 pages · ENGISBN 9780575033306
  • 1988Collier Books · 263 pages · ENGISBN 9780020446514
  • 2001Aladdin Paperbacks · 322 pages · ENGISBN 9780689841118
  • 2021Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing · ENGISBN 9781665911627
  • 2001Atheneum · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780689841064
  • 2004Aladdin · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780689871252

Soon after waking up on her tenth birthday to find a silver crown on her pillow, Ellen's house burns down, her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieronymus Machine which wants her crown.

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