The Naming

Alison Croggon

first published 2005 Tandem Library, 2006 528 pages

The first book of Pellinor

Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn’t yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, one of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true identity and extraordinary destiny u...

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Naming edition · 2010 · Candlewick Press · 9780763652517
The Naming edition · 2008 · Paw Prints 2008-05-29 · 492 pages · 9781435267275
The Naming paperback · 2006 · Candlewick · 528 pages · 9780763631628
Naming edition · 2006 · Tandem Library · 528 pages · 9781417749393
The Naming edition · 2005 · Candlewick Press · 492 pages

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