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The novel is told using a FramingDevice with a grandfather telling his restless grandchild the tale of a great storyteller named Jack. Jack is a humble farm boy from a small village called Yorrow, who is known for telling fascinating tales for his family and other people in the village. On the day he turns seventeen, he decides to leave his hometown to seek his fortune as a storyteller in the royal city Callati. During his journey he meets a sardonic talking bird named Loquastro, a one eyed thief, and an icy yet beautiful princess.

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The novel is told using a FramingDevice with a grandfather telling his restless grandchild the tale of a great storyteller named Jack. Jack is a humble farm boy from a small village called Yorrow, who is known for telling fascinating tales for his family and other people in the village. On the day he turns seventeen, he decides to leave his hometown to seek his fortune as a storyteller in the royal city city, Callati. During his journey he meets a sardonic talking bird named Loquastro, a one eyed thief, and an icy yet beautiful princess.
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The novel is told using a FramingDevice with a grandfather telling his restless grandchild the tale of a great storyteller named Jack. Jack is a humble farm boy from a small village called Yorrow, who is known for telling fascinating for his family and other people in the village. On the day he turns seventeen, he decides to leave his hometown to seek his fortune as a storyteller in the royal city Callati. During his journey he meets a sardonic talking bird named Loquastro, a one eyed thief, and an icy yet beautiful princess.

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The novel is told using a FramingDevice with a grandfather telling his restless grandchild the tale of a great storyteller named Jack. Jack is a humble farm boy from a small village called Yorrow, who is known for telling fascinating tales for his family and other people in the village. On the day he turns seventeen, he decides to leave his hometown to seek his fortune as a storyteller in the royal city Callati. During his journey he meets a sardonic talking bird named Loquastro, a one eyed thief, and an icy yet beautiful princess.
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The work contains a lot of NestedStories given the Jack is telling stories and listening to other's stories.

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The work contains a lot of NestedStories given the that Jack is telling stories and listening to other's stories.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird, falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why they couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird, falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why they couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath breathe air.
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* NoNameGiven: The grandchild for some reason, doesn't have a name (or definite gender for that matter).

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* NoNameGiven: The grandchild grandchild, for some reason, doesn't have a name (or definite gender for that matter).
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* OnceUponATime: Subverted: When the grandfather starts to tell the story, he begins with "Once upon a time..." but his grandchild stops him by that they are tired of stories always beginning that way and asks him to try starting the story another way.

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* OnceUponATime: Subverted: When the grandfather starts to tell the story, he begins with "Once upon a time..." but his grandchild stops him by saying that they are tired of stories always beginning that way and asks him to try starting the story another way.
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* OnceUponATime: Subverted: When the grandfather starts to tell the story, he begins with "Once upon a time..." but his grandchild stops him by that they are tired of starting that way and asks him to try starting the story another way.

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* OnceUponATime: Subverted: When the grandfather starts to tell the story, he begins with "Once upon a time..." but his grandchild stops him by that they are tired of starting stories always beginning that way and asks him to try starting the story another way.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why they couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird bird, falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why they couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro, the mynah bird falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why they couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.

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* DeathByChildBirth: The queen died shortly after giving birth to her fourth child, Yoss.



* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro Loquastro, the mynah bird falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia. The only reason why couldn't be together is obviously because Loquastro can't swim and Artemisia can't breath air.
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* FarmBoy: Jark starts out as a humble farm boy in the rural village of Yorrow.

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* FarmBoy: Jark Jack starts out as a humble farm boy in the rural village of Yorrow.
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* IAmNotWeasel: Loquastro (a mynah bird) despises being mistaken for a crow

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* IAmNotWeasel: Loquastro (a mynah bird) despises being mistaken for a crowcrow.
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* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: Jack is the eldest of six children.
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''Storyteller'' is a fantasy ComingOfAge novel written by Edward Myers that was published in 2008.

The novel is told using a FramingDevice with a grandfather telling his restless grandchild the tale of a great storyteller named Jack. Jack is a humble farm boy from a small village called Yorrow, who is known for telling fascinating for his family and other people in the village. On the day he turns seventeen, he decides to leave his hometown to seek his fortune as a storyteller in the royal city Callati. During his journey he meets a sardonic talking bird named Loquastro, a one eyed thief, and an icy yet beautiful princess.

The work contains a lot of NestedStories given the Jack is telling stories and listening to other's stories.
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!!Tropes that are featured in this novel
* ConstantlyCurious: The grandchild is constantly asking the grandfather various questions about the story in the start of every chapter.
* FarmBoy: Jark starts out as a humble farm boy in the rural village of Yorrow.
* IAmNotWeasel: Loquastro (a mynah bird) despises being mistaken for a crow
* InterspeciesRomance: Loquastro falls in love with the fish princess Artemisia.
* NoNameGiven: The grandchild for some reason, doesn't have a name (or definite gender for that matter).
* OnceUponATime: Subverted: When the grandfather starts to tell the story, he begins with "Once upon a time..." but his grandchild stops him by that they are tired of starting that way and asks him to try starting the story another way.

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