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Valiant

By Holly Black

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VALIANT: A Modern Tale of Faerie

A broken romance. Life under New York City's subway rails. Mysterious murders. A drug called Never. Glass swords. A woman with goat hooves instead of feet. It could only be a faerie tale. Life is fairly normal for lacrosse player and just-your-averag ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

VALIANT: A Modern Tale of Faerie

A broken romance. Life under New York City's subway rails. Mysterious murders. A drug called Never. Glass swords. A woman with goat hooves instead of feet. It could only be a faerie tale. Life is fairly normal for lacrosse player and just-your-averag ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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"None of them seemed to see Val or Dave. It was as if the two of them had become invisible, just part of the trash they were sorting through. It was the sort of thing that she'd heard about on television and in books. It was supposed to make you feel small, but she felt liberated. No one was looking ... (continue)

"None of them seemed to see Val or Dave. It was as if the two of them had become invisible, just part of the trash they were sorting through. It was the sort of thing that she'd heard about on television and in books. It was supposed to make you feel small, but she felt liberated. No one was looking at her or judging her based on whether her outfit matched or who her friends were. They didn't see her at all."
"Her fear melted away, replaced with power. Power that throbbed inside of her, giddy and eager, opening her up like a puzzle box to find all of her secret hurt and anger and confusion. Power that whispered to her in tongues of fury, with promises of triumph."
"People said that video games were bad because they made you numb to death, made you register entrails splattering across a screen as a sign of success. In that moment, Val thought that the real problem with games was that the player was suppossed to try everything. If there was a cave, you went in it. If there was a mysterious stranger, you talked to him. If there was a map, you followed it. But in games, you had a hundred million billion lives and Val only had this one."
"'I would remain nearer you for what time there is.'
'Gone in a faerie sigh,' She quoted.
Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. 'I can hold my breath.'"
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"For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold."
—Sara Teasdale, "Alchemy"

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