Spinning silver / Naomi Novik.

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Novik, Naomi

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unmediated

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9781509899043 (paperback)

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Summary: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has left his family on the edge of poverty - until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what is owed, and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. But when an ill-advised boast brings her to the attention of the cold creatures who haunt the wood, nothing will be the same again. For words have power, and the fate of a kingdom will be forever altered by the challenge she is issued. An imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale.

List(s) this item appears in: 2022/23 Holiday Reads

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction	Dee Why Library	F NOVI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R08980MSLGD

Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has left his family on the edge of poverty - until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what is owed, and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. But when an ill-advised boast brings her to the attention of the cold creatures who haunt the wood, nothing will be the same again. For words have power, and the fate of a kingdom will be forever altered by the challenge she is issued. An imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale.

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