Dude was a language professor, after all.)Īnyway, like many fairy-tale settings, Kyrria features a hereditary monarchy (translation: your dad's king you get to be king) and magical creatures like elves and ogres. (Although, no disrespect to Levine-we love this book-but Tolkien really went all out. What Levine has done here isn't so different, and she even has invented languages to prove it. Like, Tolkien constructed a convincingly historical and mythical setting for The Lord of the Rings, complete with invented languages and ballads and all. The author, Gail Carson Levine, simply made up the place.īut hang on-being made up doesn't mean being shallow or shoddily put together. Not even a geography nerd will be able to find Kyrria on a map. Kyrria the town of Frell Getting the Lay of the Land
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