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Gr 4-7 Yorsh is the last of his kind, an elf child in a world that despises elves. He seeks warmth, food, and shelter but has found only cold, rain, and despair. When he meets two unlikely companionships-humans who help him in spite of their prejudices-Yorsh learns of a prophecy concerning the last dragon and the last elf: when these two break the circle there will be a new beginning. Yorsh is young and nearly helpless,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

De Mari takes common fantasy elements and combines them in a unique way in this stirring, subtly post-apocalyptic fantasy. Yorsh, an elf child, doesn't understand the exasperation his cluelessness causes the man and woman who rescue him from cold and starvation; nor why the two will be hanged for helping him; nor why his magic ability to free them causes such surprise. Parting ways with t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More