By Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbit's memorable first novel, The Search for Delicious, about a boy who nearly causes a civil war in the kingdom all because of his work on the royal dictionary.
In The Search for Delicious, Twelve-year-old Gaylen, the King’s messenger, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first, it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for Delicious in the new dictionary.
Then Gaylen’s quest leads him to unusual characters, including a minstrel who sings about a mermaid child, and Ardis, who might save the kingdom from havoc. And soon it seems that the search for Delicious had better succeed if civil war is to be avoided.
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Product Details
- Paperback Edition
- Publisher: Square Fish
- Publication date: August 21, 2007
- Pages: 192
- Product dimensions: 5.38(w) x 7.6(h)
- Item weight: 0.35 lbs
