Sabriel and Touchstone, an artist's impression
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The Garth Nix Abhorsen trilogy: Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen have been favourites of mine for a long time now. My boyfriend and I swapped books on a rainy day and he happened to hand me Sabriel, which I fell in love with almost instantly. The story is about a young girl living in the non-magical kingdom of Ancelstierre, opposite the mysterious Old Kingdom in which she was born. The book is a winding, fascinating and magical story about victory and coming-of-age as Sabriel sets out to find her father, the Abhorsen, who has recently been trapped in death by a Greater Dead being.
I'm now onto the third book, Abhorsen, and I'm putting off reading it in one go for as long as possible. After discussion, me and the boy have decided that these could be an incredible base for a film. It's got mystery, magic, passion, love and loads of action. What more could you want?
I have yet to think about who would be cast as who, who would screen-write and who would direct. Would each book be an individual film, or blended into one? What would be the final result?
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