She is arrested, tortured and sentenced to death, but is rescued by Finbar, Wise Child's father. WHEN small pox comes to Wise Child's village at the end of Wise Child, Juniper is blamed for it. At first Wise Child resents having to do so much and when her mother, the black witch Maeve arrives on the scene, she is tempted to abandon Juniper. This is not the sort of wand-waving magic Harry Potter learns at Hogwarts, but involves long hours of study, and hard work. Because Juniper senses that Wise Child has special the gifts, she also introduces her to the magical arts. The girl is taught Latin and Mathematics and herbal lore. When her relatives can no longer afford to look after her, Juniper, the village healer, volunteers to take Wise Child under her wing. IN a remote village in Scotland lives Wise Child, a young girl who has been abandoned by her parents. Will Juniper's newly-learnt skills be enough to defend her homeland and family? But when Juniper returns to her father's palace she finds that Meroot, her evil aunt, is using black magic to take control of Cornwall. Juniper is Ninnoc's real name, the name she will grow into when she is fully-trained as a doran or healer and wise woman.

When Nibnnoc was a baby, Euny whispered the name Juniper into her ear. PRINCESS Ninnoc, the only child of Mark, king of Cornwall, is sent to live with her godmother, Euny, a wise woman, who will teach her herbal lore and magic.

Here's a little about the books in reading order: Furlong wrote and published them in this order: Wise Child, Juniper and Colman. If only the the books were fully illustrated.Īnyway, I thought that I would highlight Furlong's series this week - because it's so wonderful and comforting, and not at all well-known. What's interesting is although the style doesn't change, and every character has a superficially similar look, each one is still distinct, as though the Dillons have managed to capture not just the outer shell of facial features, but also the inner spirit of each one. It's evident that these illustrators pay close attention to the authors' descriptions of the characters' physical features, as well as their clothes. When I read Nix's and Furlong's books it was easy to accept the Dillons' depiction of the books' main characters. They are the work of Leo and Dianne Dillon, the husband-and-wife team also responsible for the covers of the Eos editions of Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy, as well as many other popular and critically-acclaimed books including the Caldecott Medal winners Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears (1976) and Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions (1977). To look at the covers of the Random House editions of Monica Furlong's books is to love them immediately and deeply.

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