The Daughter of the Moon
1980
First Published
3.65
Average Rating
257
Number of Pages
The juxtaposition of a candlestick lent to her by an old Russian bookseller and a painting done by her aunt sends Erikka tumbling from her Chicago bedroom onto a moonlit New York mountain where she gains important knowledge about herself
Avg Rating
3.65
Number of Ratings
17
5 STARS
12%
4 STARS
47%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
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Author
Gregory Maguire
Author · 55 books
Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England (a non-profit educational charity).Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
