Title: Sabriel
Subtitle: Book 1 in the Old Kingdom
First published: 2001
Description: Ever since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that world.

Though her journey begins alone, she soon finds companions: Mogget, whose seemingly harmless feline form hides a powerful and perhaps malevolent spirit; and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic, now free in body but still trapped by painful memories.

With threats on all sides and only each other to trust, the three must travel deep into the Old Kingdom, toward a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death, and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own hidden destiny.

A tale of dark secrets, deep love and dangerous magic, Sabriel introduces Garth Nix as an exceptional new talent.
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Missing persons, Magic, Teen fantasy fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Magical thinking, Children's fiction, Young adult, fantacy, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Sabriel (Fictitious character) ‡v Fiction, Old Kingdom (Imaginary place)
Time periods: Life and Death.
LC classification: PZ7.N647 Sab 1995