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The Echorium
The Echorium Sequence is a young adult fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts. The trilogy comprises ''Song Quest'' (1999), ''Crystal Mask'' (2001), and ''Dark Quetzal'' (2003) and follows the tales of The Echorium - the singers located on the Isle of Echoes. In the first book, ''Song Quest'', the major characters are singer Rialle, and Kherron. ''Song Quest'' is followed by ''Crystal Mask,'' which focuses on singers Renn and Shaiala. ''Dark Quetzal'', the third installment, stars Kyarra and Caell. The trilogy follows each generation carrying on from the previous generation in each book, starting with Rialle and Kherron. The series features creatures such as nāgas, centaurs, and half-creatures. Awards Song Quest - Winner of the Branford Boase Award for 2000 Plot summary ''Song Quest'' In ''Song Quest'', Rialle, a novice Singer, is asked to travel to the mainland in order to stop the hunting of merlee and other Half Creatures, and her friend Frenn leaves orderly training ...
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Young Adult Fiction
Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate with the age and experience of the protagonist. The genres available in YA are expansive and include most of those found in adult fiction. Common themes related to YA include friendship, first love, relationships, and identity. Stories that focus on the specific challenges of youth are sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming-of-age novels. Young adult fiction was developed to soften the transition between children's novels and adult literature. History Beginning The history of young adult literature is tied to the history of how childhood and young adulthood has been perceived. One early writer to recognize young adults as a distinct age group was Sarah Trimmer, who, in 1802, described "young adulthood" as lasting from ages ...
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Half-creatures
Hybrid beasts are creatures composed of parts from different animals, including humans, appearing in the folklore of a variety of cultures as legendary creatures. In burial sites Remains similar to those of mythological hybrids have been found in burial sites discovered by archaeologists. Known combinations include horse-cows, sheep-cows, and a six-legged sheep. The skeletons were formed by ancient peoples who joined together body parts from animal carcasses of different species. The practice is believed to have been done as an offering to their gods. Description These forms' motifs appear across cultures in many mythologies around the world. Such hybrids can be classified as partly human hybrids (such as mermaids or centaurs) or non-human hybrids combining two or more non-human animal species (such as the griffin or the chimera). Hybrids often originate as zoomorphic deities who, over time, are given an anthropomorphic aspect. Paleolithic Partly human hybrids appear in ...
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Nāga
The Nagas (IAST: ''nāga''; Devanāgarī: नाग) are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini. According to legend, they are the children of the sage Kashyapa and Kadru. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years. They are principally depicted in three forms: as entirely human with snakes on the heads and necks, as common serpents, or as half-human, half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ''Nagaraja'' is the title given to the king of the nagas. Narratives of these beings hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, and within Hinduism and Buddhism, they are the ancestral origins of the Nagavanshi Kshatriyas. Etymology In Sanskrit, a () ...
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Isle Of Echoes
The Echorium Sequence is a young adult fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts. The trilogy comprises '' Song Quest'' (1999), ''Crystal Mask'' (2001), and ''Dark Quetzal'' (2003) and follows the tales of The Echorium - the singers located on the Isle of Echoes. In the first book, '' Song Quest'', the major characters are singer Rialle, and Kherron. ''Song Quest'' is followed by ''Crystal Mask,'' which focuses on singers Renn and Shaiala. ''Dark Quetzal'', the third installment, stars Kyarra and Caell. The trilogy follows each generation carrying on from the previous generation in each book, starting with Rialle and Kherron. The series features creatures such as nāgas, centaurs, and half-creatures. Awards Song Quest - Winner of the Branford Boase Award for 2000 Plot summary ''Song Quest'' In ''Song Quest'', Rialle, a novice Singer, is asked to travel to the mainland in order to stop the hunting of merlee and other Half Creatures, and her friend Frenn leaves orderly trainin ...
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Frazhin
The Echorium Sequence is a young adult fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts. The trilogy comprises '' Song Quest'' (1999), '' Crystal Mask'' (2001), and ''Dark Quetzal'' (2003) and follows the tales of The Echorium - the singers located on the Isle of Echoes. In the first book, '' Song Quest'', the major characters are singer Rialle, and Kherron. ''Song Quest'' is followed by '' Crystal Mask,'' which focuses on singers Renn and Shaiala. ''Dark Quetzal'', the third installment, stars Kyarra and Caell. The trilogy follows each generation carrying on from the previous generation in each book, starting with Rialle and Kherron. The series features creatures such as nāgas, centaurs, and half-creatures. Awards Song Quest - Winner of the Branford Boase Award for 2000 Plot summary ''Song Quest'' In ''Song Quest'', Rialle, a novice Singer, is asked to travel to the mainland in order to stop the hunting of merlee and other Half Creatures, and her friend Frenn leaves orderly ...
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Yashra
This is a list of characters in ''The Echorium Sequence'' books by Katherine Roberts. Major characters Frazhin Appears as a major character in Song Quest, Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The main antagonist of the series, Frazhin repeatedly attempts to destroy the Echorium with the power of crystal, which he appears to have a special bond to. In Song Quest, Frazhin is the of the Karch, and is poisoning the Karchlord Azri to limit his power. He uses a spear made of crystal to force people to tell the truth. He kidnaps Rialle and uses the quetzal's mimicking abilities to attack the Isle with her Songs. He is presumed to be killed by wild quetzal at the end of the book. In Crystal Mask, Frazhin, who is severely disfigured by the quetzal attack, attempts to build a palace out of crystal. He is assisted by Lady Yashra, his pregnant lover, and her tribe of Harai horselords, who are controlled by the . He enslaves young centaurs to mine the for him and bewitches street children w ...
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Lord Nahar
This is a list of characters in ''The Echorium Sequence'' books by Katherine Roberts. Major characters Frazhin Appears as a major character in Song Quest, Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The main antagonist of the series, Frazhin repeatedly attempts to destroy the Echorium with the power of crystal, which he appears to have a special bond to. In Song Quest, Frazhin is the of the Karch, and is poisoning the Karchlord Azri to limit his power. He uses a spear made of crystal to force people to tell the truth. He kidnaps Rialle and uses the quetzal's mimicking abilities to attack the Isle with her Songs. He is presumed to be killed by wild quetzal at the end of the book. In Crystal Mask, Frazhin, who is severely disfigured by the quetzal attack, attempts to build a palace out of crystal. He is assisted by Lady Yashra, his pregnant lover, and her tribe of Harai horselords, who are controlled by the . He enslaves young centaurs to mine the for him and bewitches street children with ...
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Erihan
This is a list of characters in ''The Echorium Sequence'' books by Katherine Roberts. Major characters Frazhin Appears as a major character in Song Quest, Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The main antagonist of the series, Frazhin repeatedly attempts to destroy the Echorium with the power of crystal, which he appears to have a special bond to. In Song Quest, Frazhin is the of the Karch, and is poisoning the Karchlord Azri to limit his power. He uses a spear made of crystal to force people to tell the truth. He kidnaps Rialle and uses the quetzal's mimicking abilities to attack the Isle with her Songs. He is presumed to be killed by wild quetzal at the end of the book. In Crystal Mask, Frazhin, who is severely disfigured by the quetzal attack, attempts to build a palace out of crystal. He is assisted by Lady Yashra, his pregnant lover, and her tribe of Harai horselords, who are controlled by the . He enslaves young centaurs to mine the for him and bewitches street children w ...
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The Echorium
The Echorium Sequence is a young adult fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts. The trilogy comprises ''Song Quest'' (1999), ''Crystal Mask'' (2001), and ''Dark Quetzal'' (2003) and follows the tales of The Echorium - the singers located on the Isle of Echoes. In the first book, ''Song Quest'', the major characters are singer Rialle, and Kherron. ''Song Quest'' is followed by ''Crystal Mask,'' which focuses on singers Renn and Shaiala. ''Dark Quetzal'', the third installment, stars Kyarra and Caell. The trilogy follows each generation carrying on from the previous generation in each book, starting with Rialle and Kherron. The series features creatures such as nāgas, centaurs, and half-creatures. Awards Song Quest - Winner of the Branford Boase Award for 2000 Plot summary ''Song Quest'' In ''Song Quest'', Rialle, a novice Singer, is asked to travel to the mainland in order to stop the hunting of merlee and other Half Creatures, and her friend Frenn leaves orderly training ...
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Khiz
KHIZ may refer to: * KHIZ-LD, a low-power television station (channel 2, virtual 39) licensed to serve Los Angeles, California, United States * KILM KILM (channel 64) is a television station licensed to Inglewood, California, United States, broadcasting the Bounce TV network to the Los Angeles area. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside S ...
, a television station (channel 24, virtual 64) licensed to serve Inglewood, California, which used the call sign KHIZ from 1992–2012 {{Call sign disambiguation ...
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Characters In The Echorium Sequence
This is a list of characters in ''The Echorium Sequence'' books by Katherine Roberts. Major characters Frazhin Appears as a major character in Song Quest, Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The main antagonist of the series, Frazhin repeatedly attempts to destroy the Echorium with the power of crystal, which he appears to have a special bond to. In Song Quest, Frazhin is the of the Karch, and is poisoning the Karchlord Azri to limit his power. He uses a spear made of crystal to force people to tell the truth. He kidnaps Rialle and uses the quetzal's mimicking abilities to attack the Isle with her Songs. He is presumed to be killed by wild quetzal at the end of the book. In Crystal Mask, Frazhin, who is severely disfigured by the quetzal attack, attempts to build a palace out of crystal. He is assisted by Lady Yashra, his pregnant lover, and her tribe of Harai horselords, who are controlled by the . He enslaves young centaurs to mine the for him and bewitches street children wi ...
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Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is shared by both the author and their editor, which ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' noted is unusual for literary awards. History Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books, and Henrietta Branford worked together to produce a great number of books. Both Boase and Branford died in 1999 of cancer. The Branford Boase Award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing, which they worked for. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs to do with books. The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers (under 19). Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Aw ...
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