From the Vault: Under the Green Hill

Sometimes all it takes is one line to hook me.  One line, and I will be reading that particular book... In this case, it's this:
"Every seventh summer, a fairy war is fought on the Green Hill—to the death—with a human champion."
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Under the Green Hill by Laura L. Sullivan

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320 pages

Published October 26th 2010 by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers

Rowan, Meg, Priscilla, and their little brother, James, are off to the English countryside to stay with relatives at the Rookery. The children are looking forward to exploring the ancient mansion and perhaps discovering a hidden secret or two. Little do they know this is a seventh summer. Every seventh summer, a fairy war is fought on the Green Hill—to the death—with a human champion. And Rowan has been chosen as one of the champions. Meg is desperate to save her brother. But the Midsummer War is far more than a battle between mythic creatures: Everything that lives depends on it. How can Meg choose between family and the fate of the very land itself?

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