![]() ![]() Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of The Red Necklace and I, Coriander. ![]() The richness of the prose will delight adult and child alike leaving you gasping for breath and clamoring for more. The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade Sally Gardner 4.16 56 ratings5 reviews Enter the boy Yann Margoza, destined to be a hero Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor Sido, unloved daughter of a foolish Marquis and Count Kalliovski, Grand Master of a secret society, who has half the aristocracy in thrall to him. Set against a vivid historical background, prize winning author Sally Gardner brings to life the horrors of the French Revolution in this breath-taking adventure, complete with intrepid heroism and a touching love story. About Press Reviews Author LoveReading4Kids Says Sally Gardner is a formidable talent as she manages so successfully to entrance, engage and grip the reader in a historical setting and in the originality of the storyline. But when Sido is kidnapped, he must use all his strength and courage to outwit the evil Count Kalliovski, and rescue her for a second time. With Sido safely in England and the Terror at it's height, Yann returns to France to smuggle out aristocratic refugees who will otherwise face the guillotine. ![]()
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