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Zero Context Examples and examples that do not fit existing tropes will be deleted.* BeatItByCompulsion: The "hostages", as in traditional folklore, are compelled to stop and count scattered grain.
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* SuperOCD: The "hostages", as in traditional folklore, are compelled to stop and count scattered grain.
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''My Swordhand is Singing'' is a novel by Marcus Sedgwick. It is set in the early seventeenth-century, in a small village called Chust. Tomas and his son Peter settle in the small village as woodcutters. Peter is finally happy that they have settled down and stopped their nomadic lifestyle, since they are unable to fit in anywhere. However, strange and unexplainable things start to happen in the village, and Tomas seems to know something about them. The man also holds a deep, dark secret.
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''My Swordhand is Singing'' is a novel by British writer Marcus
It is set in the early seventeenth-century, in a small village called Chust. Tomas and his son Peter settle in the small village as woodcutters. Peter is finally happy that they have settled down and stopped their nomadic lifestyle, since they are unable to fit in anywhere. However, strange and unexplainable things start to happen in the village, and Tomas seems to know something about them. The man also holds a deep, dark secret.
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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Subverted. Agnes turns into a hostage and Peter kills her.]]
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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Subverted. Agnes [[spoiler:Agnes turns into a hostage and Peter kills her.]]
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* WeaponOfXSlaying: Tomas' sword is designed to kill vampires, and is one of the only ways to do so.
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* WeaponOfXSlaying: Tomas' sword is designed to kill vampires, and is one of the only ways to do so.so.
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* TheAlcoholic: Tomas.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: The vampires, which is why Tomas redirects a stream to create an island in the middle when he is building the house. Once the house is built on this island, it is a safe haven than no vampire can reach.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: The vampires, which is why Tomas redirects a stream to create an island in the middle when he is building the house. Once the house is built on this island, it is a safe haven than no vampire can reach.
* NotUsingTheZWord: Vampires are always referred to as "hostages".
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* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it." and "Yes, Father. [[TitleDrop My swordhand is singing.]]
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* SuperOCD: The "hostages", as in traditional folklore, are compelled to stop and count scattered grain.
* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it." and "Yes, Father. [[TitleDrop My swordhand is singing.]]]]
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Tomas' sword is designed to kill vampires, and is one of the only ways to do so.
* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it." and "Yes, Father. [[TitleDrop My swordhand is singing.
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Tomas' sword is designed to kill vampires, and is one of the only ways to do so.
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* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it." and "Yes, Father. My [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]]
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* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it." and "Yes, Father. My [[TitleDrop my My swordhand is singing.]]
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* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it."" and "Yes, Father. My [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]]
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The novel uses the original Eastern European folklore. Vampires are called "hostages", they suck blood by using their long tongues to get through skin and into the arteries, and many other superstitions adhere to them.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The novel uses the original Eastern European folklore. Vampires are called "hostages", they suck blood by using their long tongues to get through skin and into the arteries, and many other superstitions adhere to them.them.
* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it."
* TitleDrop: "No, Milosh. I am not hurt," he said. "I am dying. But [[TitleDrop my swordhand is singing.]] I will take the sword into the village, and put an end to it."
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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Subverted. Agnes turns into a hostage and Peter kills her.]]
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My Swordhand is Singing was also awarded the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize.
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My Swordhand is Singing is a novel by Marcus Sedgwick. It is set in the early seventeenth-century, in a small village called Chust. Tomas and his son Peter settle in the small village as woodcutters. Peter is finally happy that they have settled down and stopped their nomadic lifestyle, since they are unable to fit in anywhere. However, strange and unexplainable things start to happen in the village, and Tomas seems to know something about them. The man also holds a deep, dark secret.
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* DreamMelody: The Miorita
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* DreamMelody: The Miorita''Miorita''
