THE WHITE HORSE TRICK
Author: Thompson, Kate

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Greenwillow/HarperCollins
Pages: 416
Price ( Hardback ): $16.99
Price ( Library Ed ): $17.89
Publication Date: September 1, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-0-06-200416-1
ISBN ( Library Ed ): 978-0-06-200417-8
Category: Fiction

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Starting at the ending and ending at the beginning, Thompson's latest Liddy-family romp in Tír na n’Óg (The Last of the High Kings, 2008, etc.) lives up to the highest expectations and brings back familiar friends from both worlds, from ...

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