Sabriel (original 1995; edition 2003)

by Garth Nix

Series: Old Kingdom {Garth Nix} (1)

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Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.

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Member:	Zambaco
Title:	Sabriel
Authors:	Garth Nix
Info:	London : HarperCollins, 2003
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Tags:	fantasy, children's literature

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Sabriel by Garth Nix (1995)

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Sabriel by Garth Nix.

Sabriel Is a good fantasy book that explores a world of magic and necromancy, Sabriel is a girl who is pushed into a place that she is not ready yet, she accepts the role so she can find her father and save the Old Kingdom, Sabriel is my first Garth Nix book (

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Irinna55 | Apr 9, 2024 |

Reread it for the first time in 8 or 10 years because Sam really likes it and (nerdery of nerderies) we're currently playing a D&D campaign based on it. (I'm teenage Chrestomanci, because... um.)

Getting back to the book, I was surprised by how little I remembered and how great the atmosphere is. Always liked Lirael the best (must reread it now), and never got past a few chapters of Abhorsen, so that comes next.

caedocyon | Feb 26, 2024 |

DNF at 70%. Astonishingly boring after the first 100 pages. (

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Lightfellow | Feb 22, 2024 |

Fantasy

BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

One of my favorites. I come back to it over and over. Sabriel's growth and discovery journey really hit home for me. (

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UnWorldlyOrchid | Feb 18, 2024 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Garth Nix	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Curry, Tim	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dillon, Diane	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dillon, Leo	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Feberwee, Erica	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kattelus, Kaisa	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Raos, Predrag	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Reece, Gavin	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Villari Gerli, Fabrizia	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Old Kingdom {Garth Nix} (1)

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Narrativa [Nord] (181)

TEAdue [TEA ed.] (1455)

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The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set by Garth Nix

The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel by Garth Nix

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Canonical title

Original title

Sabriel

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Original publication date

1995

People/Characters

Abhorsen

Miss Greenwood (Magistrix of Wyverley College)

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Epigraph

Dedication

To my family and friends.

First words

It was little more than three miles from the Wall into the Old Kingdom, but that was enough.

Quotations

Sabriel digested this in silence, staring at the swirls of fish and sauce on her plate, silver scales and red tomato blurring into a pattern of swords and fire. The table blurred too, and the room beyond, and she felt herself reaching for the border with Death. But try as she might, she couldn’t cross it. She sensed it, but there was no way to cross, in either direction – Abhorsen’s House was too well protected. But she did feel something at the border. Inimical things lurked there, waiting for her to cross, but there was also the faintest thread of something familiar, like the scent of a woman’s perfume after she has left the room, or the waft of a particular pipe tobacco around a corner. Sabriel focused on it and threw herself once more at the barrier that separated her from Death. -- p.73

The marks became silver blades as they left her hand, mind and voice, flashing through the air swifter than any thrown dagger. -- p. 107

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Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.

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Sabriel, the daughter of the Abhorsen (a 'lawfully good' necromancer charged with putting the dead back into death) finds herself on a journey to find out what happened to her father after she is sent his necromancer's tools. At her father's house she meets a cat with strange and dangerous abilities, the sarcastic Mogget. She soon takes up her quest as an Abhorsen and finds that looking for her father is looking for trouble as she accepts her fate. But evil waits for her in Death...

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Meet new Abhorsen
Sabriel: necromancer
banishing the Dead.
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