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''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a [[AfraidOfBlood hemophobic]] swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, thinking about the world "she wished she could be in all the time" when the clock chimes 12 after midnight, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a [[AfraidOfBlood hemophobic]] swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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Heme. Afraid Of Blood as the Amazon description says.
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''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic [[AfraidOfBlood hemophobic]] swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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A sequel, ''Conquest of Greystone Valley'', is [[http://chbrooks.com/2015/10/15/conquest-of-greystone-valley-confirmed-for-2016 slated for release in 2016]].
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A sequel, ''Conquest of Greystone Valley'', is [[http://chbrooks.com/2015/10/15/conquest-of-greystone-valley-confirmed-for-2016 slated for release was released in 2016]].
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The author is pretty openly affectionate toward other fantasy classics, and has cited ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and the ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'' as specific influences. The website can be found [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com here]], and includes excerpts of the novel as well as a lot of bits of world information to help flesh the setting out.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com book’s website]] offers a lot of additional lore about Greystone Valley and the characters that is only touched upon in the books, as well as what might be a few potential sequel hooks.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.[[http://chbrooks.com book’s author’s website]] offers a lot of additional lore about Greystone Valley and the characters that is only touched upon in the books, as well as what might be a few potential sequel hooks.
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''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
''Greystone Valley'' is a 2013 children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: As explained the the [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/creatures-of-greystone-valley-trolls supplemental material]], trolls develop rapidly and adapt to their surroundings. This creates stupid but deadly mountain trolls and tiny but good-hearted house trolls, among others.
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: As explained the in the [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/creatures-of-greystone-valley-trolls supplemental material]], trolls develop rapidly and adapt to their surroundings. This creates stupid but deadly mountain trolls and tiny but good-hearted house trolls, among others.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Played straight with Aries, whose voice is described as similar to a rumbling volcano.
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[[caption-width-right:242:Our heroine and her tiny dragon. And yes, [[PajamaCladHero those are pajamas]].]]Greystone Valley ]]'''''Greystone Valley''''' is a 2013 young adult children's fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler: Sarah finally does make it home after several days of adventuring, only to find that it's only been an hour in her world]].
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The author is pretty openly affectionate toward other fantasy classics, and has cited [[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] and [[PrydainChronicles the Chronicles of Prydain]] as specific influences. The website can be found [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com here]], and includes excerpts of the novel as well as a lot of bits of world information to help flesh the setting out.
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The author is pretty openly affectionate toward other fantasy classics, and has cited [[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and [[PrydainChronicles the Chronicles of Prydain]] ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'' as specific influences. The website can be found [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com here]], and includes excerpts of the novel as well as a lot of bits of world information to help flesh the setting out.
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* BloodKnight: Baelan. He's frustrated with the lack of battles worth fighting in Greystone Valley and wants to open up the valley's access to other worlds specifically so he can build new armies and spend the rest of his life in battle.
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* KidHero: Sarah especially, but Kay as well.
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* TheLoad: Kay, to an extent. His spells get Sarah into more trouble than not, although he does come in handy from time to time.
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[[caption-width-right:242:Our heroines heroine and her tiny dragon. And yes, [[PajamaCladHero those are pajamas]].]]Greystone Valley is a 2013 young adult fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
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* SecretLegacy: Despite being totally new to Greystone Valley, Sarah finds that she can cast spells very easily. Turns out she got this ability from [[spoiler: her mom, who was the original Emerald Enchantress.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Baelan offers Sarah this opportunity, although its questionable whether he really meant it.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler: Sarah finally does make it home after several days of adventuring, only to find that it's only been an hour in her world]].
* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler: Sarah finally does make it home after several days of adventuring, only to find that it's only been an hour in her world]].
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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Sarah does this specifically because it seems like the proper thing to do, given the pseudo-medieval setting.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Each of Sarah’s companions, in their own way.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dax, who seems crazy and harmless at first but winds up being the best swordsman in the land. Arguably Kay and Keeley as well, both whom have their moments.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dax, who seems crazy and harmless at first but winds up being the best swordsman in the land. Arguably Kay and Keeley as well, both whom have their moments.
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[[caption-width-right:242:some Our heroines and her tiny dragon. And yes, [[PajamaCladHero those are pajamas]].]]Greystone Valley is a 2013 young adult fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
The author is pretty openly affectionate toward other fantasy classics, and has cited [[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] and [[PrydainChronicles the Chronicles of Prydain]] as specific influences. The website can be found [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com here]], and includes excerpts of the novel as well as a lot of bits of world information to help flesh the setting out.
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*AChildShallLeadThem: Everybody seems quite accepting of the fact that they’re following a 12-year old girl.
*CloudCuckooLander: Each of Sarah’s companions, in their own way.
*ActionGirl: Sarah, eventually.
*AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com book’s website]] offers a lot of additional lore about Greystone Valley and the characters that is only touched upon in the books, as well as what might be a few potential sequel hooks.
*TheDragon: Aries, to Baelan.
*TheEeyore: Dax. And how.
*TheFairFolk: Greystone Valley (and other worlds as well) are home to the fey, which cover most traditional fair folk in mythology. They do have a temper, though.
*NonHumanSidekick: Keeley the tiny dragon.
*PajamaCladHero: Sarah spends about two-thirds of the book running around in dirty blue pajamas.
*PluckyGirl: Sarah herself. And, if Adlin’s account of the Emerald Enchantress are true, [[spoiler:Sarah’s mom once upon a time]].
*RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Nobody among Sarah’s companions seems to know how to handle their powers completely. Of the four main companions, only Dax is shown as extremely competent, and he spends so much time complaining that it’s hard for anybody to notice his impressive skills.
*WeCanRuleTogether: Baelan offers Sarah this opportunity, although its questionable whether he really meant it.
[[caption-width-right:242:some Our heroines and her tiny dragon. And yes, [[PajamaCladHero those are pajamas]].]]Greystone Valley is a 2013 young adult fantasy novel by Charlie Brooks. The story follows the adventures of a [[PluckyGirl plucky 12-year old]] named Sarah, who finds herself [[HeroicBSOD retreating into fantasy literature]] after the death of her father. After making an errant wish, she finds herself in the titular fantasy world, where she winds up teaming with a nearly illiterate wizard, a homophobic swordsman, and a miniature dragon against a warlord who seeks to conquer multiple worlds. And she has to do all this [[PajamaCladHero while still in her pajamas]].
The author is pretty openly affectionate toward other fantasy classics, and has cited [[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] and [[PrydainChronicles the Chronicles of Prydain]] as specific influences. The website can be found [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com here]], and includes excerpts of the novel as well as a lot of bits of world information to help flesh the setting out.
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!! [Greystone Valley] contains examples of:
*AChildShallLeadThem: Everybody seems quite accepting of the fact that they’re following a 12-year old girl.
*CloudCuckooLander: Each of Sarah’s companions, in their own way.
*ActionGirl: Sarah, eventually.
*AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://greystonevalley.wordpress.com book’s website]] offers a lot of additional lore about Greystone Valley and the characters that is only touched upon in the books, as well as what might be a few potential sequel hooks.
*TheDragon: Aries, to Baelan.
*TheEeyore: Dax. And how.
*TheFairFolk: Greystone Valley (and other worlds as well) are home to the fey, which cover most traditional fair folk in mythology. They do have a temper, though.
*NonHumanSidekick: Keeley the tiny dragon.
*PajamaCladHero: Sarah spends about two-thirds of the book running around in dirty blue pajamas.
*PluckyGirl: Sarah herself. And, if Adlin’s account of the Emerald Enchantress are true, [[spoiler:Sarah’s mom once upon a time]].
*RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Nobody among Sarah’s companions seems to know how to handle their powers completely. Of the four main companions, only Dax is shown as extremely competent, and he spends so much time complaining that it’s hard for anybody to notice his impressive skills.
*WeCanRuleTogether: Baelan offers Sarah this opportunity, although its questionable whether he really meant it.
