Today we're spotlighting Clare Dunkle (no picture), who is probably most well known for her Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. She writes fantasy and science fiction that is realistic enough to draw you in and capture your imagination. Every book of hers I've read has always been rereadable, no matter the grade. Here's the list (courtesy fantasticfiction.co.uk):
Series
Hollow Kingdom Series
The Hollow Kingdom (2003)
Raspberry: A-
Trackgeek: A-
For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage - until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be the goblin king, and he has very specific plans for these two girls that have trespassed on his kingdom...
Close Kin (2004)
Raspberry: B+
For years, Emily has lived underground in the goblin kingdom. Now that she is old enough to marry, her childhood friend asks her to do so. However, many adventures and dangers have to happen first - including Emily realizing her true feelings.
In the Coils of the Snake (2005)
Raspberry: B+
Further adventures in the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy.
Novels
By These Ten Bones (2005)
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The Sky Inside (2008)
Raspberry: B+
Martin lives in a perfect world. Every year a new generation of genetically-engineered children are shipped out to meet their parents. Every spring each family takes down the snow they stuck to their windows and put up flowers. Every day families gather around the TV screen to vote on the latest mundane decision in HM1. And it's all about to come crashing down.
The Walls Have Eyes (2009)
The continuations of Martin and his sister's adventures from The Sky Inside.
The House of Dead Maids (2010)
A chilling prelude to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
For more information on Clare, visit her website here. Also, if you enjoy her books, you might enjoy Sarah Beth Durst as well.
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