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A gorgeously woven tale of magic, friendship, and self-discovery set in a dream-like landscape filled with fairies. After years of living in America, Clare Macleod and her father are returning to Ireland, where theyll inhabit the house Clare was born in - a house built into a green hillside with a tree for a wall. For Clare, the house is not only full of memories of her mother, but also of a mysterious boy with raven-dark hair and dreamlike nights filled with stars and magic. Clare soon discovers that the boy is as real as the fairy-making magic, and that theyre both in great danger from an ancient foe. Fast-paced adventure and spellbinding prose combine to weave a tale of love and loyalty in this young adult fantasy.. "A stunningly atmospheric, gorgeously complicated dream of a book." - Publishers Weekly, starred review. "An unforgettable tale . . . that contains all the darkness and light of A Midsummer Nights Dream." - School Library Journal, starred review. "Gorgeous, haunting, and wonderfully strange, The Radiant Road establishes Katherine Catmull as a master of the modern fairy tale." - Anne Ursu, author of The Real Boy and Breadcrumbs. "Katherine Catmull deftly weaves Clares contemporary story with ancient Celtic lore. The Radiant Road is a beguiling novel with a strong, engaging protagonist." - Juliet Marillier, author of Daughter of the Forest and Wildwood Dancing



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Katherine Catmull

Katherine Catmull is a writer and actor in Austin, Texas. Her first book, SUMMER AND BIRD, was named one of Booklist's 2012 Top Ten First Novels for Youth. She is one of four co-authors of THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, which was named one of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2014. Besides her decades as a stage actor in Austin, she also does voice acting for games like DC Universe Online (Oracle) and Wizard 101 (Myrella Windspar) . She has also written numerous short plays. Katherine was born in Salt Lake City and grew up there and in Atlanta, Tampa, and Houston. She attended The University of Chicago has degrees from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and The University of Texas at Austin.



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