Seven Wild Sisters

by Charles de Lint · 2002

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Seven Wild Sistersis a publishing event, a short novel by one of today's finest fantasy writers, Charles de Lint, profusely illustrated by the legendary Charles Vess.

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Together, they have created a modern fairy tale about seven sisters growing up in backwoods hill country, and how one of them finds a mystery in the forest that both endangers and could save them all.

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fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
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faefaeMore like thisLess of this
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childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
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short · 152 pages
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