SwanSong
by Lynne Cantwell
Genre: YA Fantasy
276 Pages
Rhyn, a widowed Wolleni, depressed over the death in childbirth of his beloved half-Tslyddi wife, is ordered by the king to marry his dead wife’s sister. But the new wife becomes jealous of Rhyn’s children — two sets of twins, a girl and three boys — and plots to turn them into swans. The spell goes awry, and the children are only partially transformed. Worse, they must spent 900 years in their new shapes, in ever more wild and isolated places — and they have no guarantee that they will ever be normal again. But least they can still sing.
Based on the Irish tale of “The Fate of the Children of Lír,” SwanSong is the story of how Neeve, Kennet, Corwin and Kyl cope with their transformed bodies in a land where magic is dying.
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It’s taken two years, but in the English hamlet of Aldinoch, sixteen-year-old Lily and her twin brothers have finally accepted their parents’ disappearance. Although grappling with grief, loneliness and even guilt, they’re sure the worst is behind them.
Kim & Kelly’s parents take them to Shadow Manor for a murder mystery weekend. What starts out as fun turns horribly wrong as a real murder takes place. With their sights set on solving the case, Kim and Kelly place themselves in real danger. The closer they get to revealing the truth the closer they get to becoming the next victims. With only three days to solve the murder, the girls play a deadly game of cat and mouse – but who will get the cheese?