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Gwinna

by Barbara Helen Berger · 1990

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Having grown a pair of wings and felt the longing for the freedom of the skies, twelve-year-old Gwinna goes to the Mother of the Owls, who sends her on a quest to find the songs of the wind.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisbirdsbirdsMore like thisLess of thismusicmusicMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 128 pages

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