Author

Publication

2008 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

131,500 words, Guess

Page Count

526 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiverunemarks00harr
  • ISBN-100375844449
  • ISBN-100375944443
  • ISBN-139780375844447
  • ISBN-139780375944444
and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.H24194 Ru 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Rune marks

Description

Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . . . Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith's world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours--all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The "ruinmark" she was born with on her palm proves it--and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy's mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.From the Hardcover edition.

Description

Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile fiction

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