TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Lloyd TI - The Castle of Llyr T2 - The Chronicles of Prydain SN - 0440411254 U1 - F ALE PY - 1990///, c1966 CY - New York PB - Yearling KW - Princesses KW - Fiction KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Good and evil KW - Magic KW - Self-acceptance KW - FICTION / Fantasy / Epic KW - bisacsh N1 - "A Yearling book"; RL: 6.9 ; 010-014; Middle grade N2 - Princess Eilonwy hates to leave her friend Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and her beloved home, Caer Dallben. Why does she have to go to the Isle of Mona to train as a proper lady when she's already a princess? But Eilonwy soon faces much more than the ordeal of becoming a dignified young maiden, for she possesses magical powers sought by the evil enchantress Queen Achren. When Eilonwy is put under a deep spell, Taran and his companions set out on a dangerous quest to rescue her. Yet how can a lowly Assistant Pig-Keeper hope to stand against the most evil enchantress in all of Prydain? ER -