Sabriel: The Abhorsen
"Dark Secrets, Deep Love, and Dangerous Magic

Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him. She soon finds companions in Mogget, a cat whose aloof manner barely conceals its malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic, now free in body but still trapped by painful memories. As the three travel deep into the Old Kingdom, threats mount on all sides. And every step brings them closer to a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death—and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own destiny." - Citation provided at the bottom of the description.

During class, students will engage in discussions and cross-curricular activities while reading Garth Nix's New York Times Best-Selling Novel, Sabriel!

Week One, Day One:
     - Introduction and Welcome!
     - Story Fact Sheet
     - Map of the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre
     - Fan and Cover Art
     - Author Introduction
Week One, Day Two:
     - Character and Setting
     - Magic, Bells, and Creatures of the Old Kingdom
     - What is the Abhorsen?
Week Two, Day One:
     - Creatures of the Dead (Forms of the Dead)
     - Rules of the Dead and the Abhorsen
Week Two, Day Two:
     - History of the Ancient Kingdom and Ancelstierre
     - Weapons of the Abhorsen
     - Magic of the Charter
     - Poetry and the Magic of Children
Week Three, Day One:
     - History of the Royal Family and the Greater Dead
     - Coming-of-Age
     - Family Relationships (Sabriel, Father, Touchstone, Rogir)
Week Three, Day Two:
     - Character Change and Development
     - Final Death Rites
     - Final Battle, Climax, and Resolution
     - When the Story Continues

Nix, Garth. Sabriel. New York, Harper, 1995.