Acorna's Quest

Authors: McCaffrey, Anne
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
BISAC/Subject: FIC009000, FIC028000, FIC028030
ISBN: 9780061807169, Related ISBNs: 0061807168, 9780061057908, 9780061807169
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 416,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

"I must find my own kind!"

Found as an infant drifting in space, Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, has become a young woman. She still has her tiny, translucent horn, and her "funny" feet and hands. And, she still has her miraculous ability to make plants grow and heal human sickness.

But Acorna has strange dreams of a gentle folk who mind-speak by touching horns. With her "Uncle" Calum, one of the three grizzled asteroid prospectors who rescued, protected, and raised her, she sets off to find her people. No sooner does she leave than a mysterious craft appears, piloted by the Linyaari, a gentle race with telepathic powers.

The Linyaari are roaming the galaxy, spreading the alarm about the deadly Khleev--And searching for a beloved little girl they had given up for lost, long ago...

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