Elidor

Synopsis

Format Part folklore, part adventure, and part fantasy, Alan Garner's Elidor is a modern children's classic. When Roland opens a door in a derelict church, he unleashes the wonders of Elidor and the grave challenges that this troubled world presents. Drawing on Welsh, Irish, and English mythology, the book chronicles the trials and hardships of a group of young teenagers as they attempt to fulfill a prophecy from another world, and fight a terrible evil. He was awarded the twelfth annual Children's Literature Association International Phoenix Award for his novel The Stone Book, and was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to children's literature in 2001.