{"product_id":"travel-light-paperback","title":"Travel Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaomi Mitchison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravel Light\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Halla, a girl born to a king but cast out onto the hills to die. She lives among bears; she lives among dragons. But the time of dragons is passing, and Odin All-Father offers Halla a choice: Will she stay dragonish and hoard wealth and possessions, or will she travel light?\u003cbr\u003e--Amal El-Mohtar, NPR, You Must Read This \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the dark ages to modern times, from the dragons of medieval forests to Constantinople, this is a fantastic and philosophical fairy-tale journey that will appeal to fans of Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones, and T. H. White's \u003ci\u003eThe Sword in the Stone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one knows better how to spin a fairy tale than Naomi Mitchison.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRead it now.--Ursula K. Le Guin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou will love this book.--Holly Black \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe enchantments of Travel Light contain more truth, more straight talking, a grittier, harder-edged view of the world than any of the mundane descriptions of daily life you will find in ... science fiction stories.\u003cbr\u003e-- Paul Kincaid, SF Site \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gem of a book.\u003cbr\u003e-- Strange Horizons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery page is full of magic and wonder....well worth seeking out.-- Rambles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombines the best of Rowling and Pullman, being full of magic and fantasy with the hard edge of reality sharp at its edges.\u003cbr\u003e-- The New Review\/LauraHird.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Mitchison, author of over 70 books, died in 1999 at the age of 101. She was born in, and lived in, Scotland but traveled widely throughout the world. In the 1960s she was adopted as adviser and mother of the Bakgatla tribe in Botswana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 7.02 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769982026016,"sku":"9781931520140","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/60662cc65672ee33fd2a88bf5bcf49ee.webp?v=1780361759","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/travel-light-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}