num_pages: 370
description: A family in mourning...an ancient bard...a harp key that brings them together...When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, her father seems preoccupied by the teaching job that has brought him and Jen's younger siblings to Wales for the year. Her brother, Peter, is alternately hostile and sullen,and her sister, Becky, misses Jen terribly.Then Peter tells Jen he's found a strange artifact, a harp key that shows him pictures from the life of Taliesin, the great bard whose life in sixth-century Wales has been immortalized in legend. At first Jen doesn't believe him, but when the key's existence -- and its strange properties -- become known to the wider world, the Morgans must act together against a threat to the key...and to their family.
language: English
title: A String in the Harp
titlecomplete: A String in the Harp
characters: Peter Morgan, Becky Morgan, Jen Morgan
genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens, Mythology, Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical, Fiction, Time Travel, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1764
places: United Kingdom, Wales
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks