The Transfigured Hart

author: Jane Yolen
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1975
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/12
date added: 2019/06/12
shelves: young-adult
review:
'The Transfigured Hart' by Jane Yolen is a reprint of a novella that first was published in 1975. It's definitely the kind of YA book I remember reading.

Richard and Heather are neighbors. Heather is good with animals and Richard likes walking in the woods for solace. When they each find what seems to be a unicorn, their first reaction is that it is their own discovery. That feeling goes by the wayside as the creature is threatened by hunting season. These two young people form a friendship over their protection of the animal.

Jane Yolen has long been a favorite authro and this gentle book of friendship and the love of nature reminded me why I like her so much. There is nothing bombastic that happens here, and that makes the story feel even more likely. That two lone pre-teens in the woods would stumble across something so extraordinary feels like it's something that could happen.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Tachyon Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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