Acorna series

## Genre Information

Young Adult
Sci Fi

Alien Adventure
Spce Exploration

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## About the Series

* Authors: Anne McCaffrey. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Margaret Ball
* **Genres:** YA, Alien Sci Fi
* **Theme:**
* **Narrative style:**

## Series Description

Acorna is a "Unicorn Girl", a fantasy fiction character created by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball in their novel Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997).

The Acorna Universe series includes ten science fantasy novels, the first two by McCaffrey and Ball, while the following ones were co-written by McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1999 to 2007).[1] The Acorna series is a sub-set of the Federated Sentient Planets Universe.

The series focuses primarily on the character, the orphaned Unicorn-girl introduced in the first book. Acorna has special powers including the abilities to heal, make things grow, detect venom, detect chemical imbalances, detect mineral and metal deposits, purify water and air, and communicate telepathically. The first book introduces her as a "youngling" and features her journey of understanding her individualism.

## Books in order

1. Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna Book 1) (1997)
2. Acorna's Quest (Acorna Book 2) (1998)
3. Acorna's People (Acorna Book 3) (1999)
4. Acorna's World (Acorna Book 4) (2000)
5. Acorna's Search (Acorna Book 5) (2001)
6. Acorna's Rebels (Acorna Book 6) (2003)
7. Acorna's Triumph (Acorna Book 7) (2004)
8. First Warning: Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 8) (2005)
9. Second Wave: Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 9) (2006)
10. Third Watch: Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 10) (2007)

### Shorts

* *Anne McCaffrey's The Unicorn Girl* (1997) (Anthology) with stories by Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jody Lynn Nye and Roman A. Ranieri. Also known as *Anne McCaffrey's The Unicorn Girl: The Illustrated Adventures* and *Anne McCaffrey's The Unicorn Girl: An Illustrated Novel*.

## World Building

### Setting

Set in Anne McCaffrey's Federated Sentient Planets Universe. There are other series by McCaffrey also set in this Universe but none of them intersect directly with Acorna.

### World

The series takes place on various planets and locations. Acorn's escape pod is initially found in an asteroid field by 3 independent miners who are out on a long term mission mining various asteroids until their ship is full. During that time Acorn grows from a toddler to a young lady and many of her special abilities are discovered.

### Protagonist

Acorna
Besides the single horn, situated halfway between her brow and her forehead, Acorna can, with the right attires, pass as a tall and graceful young lady with a silvery mane from her head down to her back, similar to that of a horse. The same silvery curls are also on her calves. Her feet are equine hooves similar to those of traditional unicorn lore. Her fingers only have two joints, one at the knuckle and the other in the middle of her fingers. Her eyes are silvery. Acorna is also born more mature than human infants and grows to adulthood within four years. She is unusually intelligent and can learn extremely quickly. Acorna is strictly vegetarian.
Khorii
daughter of Acorna and Aari.
## Book Descriptions

Acorna
The Unicorn Girl (Acorna Book 1) (1997) :"**Something's Alive In There!**"
She was just a little girl, with a tiny horn in the center of her forehead, funny-looking feet, beautiful silver hair, and several curious powers: the ability to purify air and water, make plants grow, and heal scars and broken bones. A trio of grizzled prospectors found her drifting in an escape pod amid the asteroids, adopted her, and took her to the bandit planet Kezdet, a place where no questions are asked and the girl might grow up free.
Acorna's Quest (Acorna Book 2) (1998)
"**I must find my own kind!**"
Found as an infant drifting in space, Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, has become a young woman. She still has her tiny, translucent horn, and her "funny" feet and hands. And, she still has her miraculous ability to make plants grow and heal human sickness.
Acorna's People (Acorna Book 3) (1999)
"Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!"
With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy her new home. The legendary resting place of the lost Linyaari ancestors has yet to be found. And with the help of a rogue spacetrader and his feline sidekick, Acorna must strive to right an unspeakable wrong and defeat an enemy even crueler than the Khleevi.
Acorna's World (Acorna Book 4) (2000)
Acorna, the "unicorn girl" has made peace with her Linyaari past, and aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor she is finally free. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons Acorna and her companions to a nearby planet. For among the myraid wonders of this world of sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes are unmistakable signs that everythng Acorna holds dear is in peril.
Acorna's Search (Acorna Book 5) (2001)
The homeworld Acorna has never known was horribly scarred in the brutal attack by the cold-blooded Khleevi, but the Linyaari -- the unicorn girl's gentle, spiritual race -- live on. Now is the time for healing and rebuilding, for restoring the natural beauty corrupted by the savage insectile oppressors. But Acorna's Linyaari friends and colleagues begin mysteriously disappearing soon after work gets under way, among them her beloved Aari.
Acorna's Rebels (Acorna Book 6) (2003)
Acorna's people, the Linyaari, have begun reclaiming their homeworld from the ravages of the brutal Khleevi. But the first wave of explorers has unlocked a larger mystery about the origins of the Linyaari -- one that has led Aari, Acorna's beloved lifemate, on a dangerous journey from which he may never return.
Setting off on a quest to find Aari, Acorna and her friends -- Captain Becker, Mac, Nadhari, and RK -- are forced to crash land on the beautiful and barbaric exotic jungle world of Makahomia, home of the mysterious Temple Cats. But an evil scheme threatens to destroy the sacred felines. To save the cats, Acorna will lead a band of rebels on a journey into Makahomia's temples and hidden sanctuaries.
Acorna's Triumph (Acorna Book 7) (2004)
Aari has returned! Now he and his lifemate, the brave and beautiful Acorna, can finish rebuilding their once-decimated homeworld. Yet Aari's travels through time have left him oddly changed, and he barely remembers Acorna or their love. And as Aari's actions turn more sinister, Acorna must shift her attention to stopping the destruction of innocents by a vicious criminal.
First Warning
Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 8) (2005) :Khorii, daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her own through a universe filled with new adversaries and adventures.
A simple journey home to visit her parents turns into a race against time when Khorii happens upon a derelict spacecraft drifting in space, its crew dead in their seats. But this gruesome discovery is only a dread harbinger—a deadly plague is spreading across the universe and not even the healing powers of the Linyaari can slow its horrific advance. Khorii, one of the few unaffected by the outbreak, must find the nefarious perpetrators and a cure before the disease consumes all in its path—including her beloved parents.
Second Wave
Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 9) (2006) :Now, confined with the rest of the survivors on Paloduro, the home planet of the disease, it seems as if the danger may be fading, and Khorii and her friends may be able to stem the tide of death and disease . . . until ominous signs indicate that the perpetrators are near and that the epidemic is only beginning.
Third Watch
Acorna's Children (Acorna Book 10) (2007) :Khorii, the rebellious daughter of Acorna, the near-mythic heroine of her people, has tried to follow in her mother's footsteps in this time of plague and terror. But the pressure on the courageous young woman to succeed is tremendous, and the legacy she is expected to fulfill is overwhelming.
## References

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