num_pages: 230
description: "She had never screamed before, not when she overturned the rowboat and almost drowned, not even when Lightfoot bucked her off and she felt her leg break underneath her with an agonizing crunch. But now she screamed long and loud, with all her breath."Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage-until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself.Intelligent, pleasant, and completely pitiless, Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be a king-and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom.The Hollow Kingdom is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
language: English
title: The Hollow Kingdom
titlecomplete: The Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom Trilogy #1)
genres: Magic, Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 10518
series: The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature
publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)