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''Celandine'' is a children's fantasy novel by Steve Augarde. It is the second book in the Touchstone Trilogy and was first published in 2006. ''Celandine'' is set ninety years before ''The Various'', the first book of the trilogy. It follows the adventures of Celandine (born 1901)〔“Celandine had first met Fin over three years ago, on 22 June 1911, shortly after her tenth birthday.” (''Celandine'', Corgi 2006, p. 19). A ‘Howard Family Tree’ in ''Winter Wood'' (Corgi 2009, page preceding p. 1), vol. 3 of the trilogy, gives 1902 as date of birth; however, ''none'' of the dates (where applicable) in this family tree are in accordance with the happenings in ''Celandine'' and the dates given therein.〕 in the years 1914–1915, at the onset of World War I. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood near her home, little does she think she will encounter a world where loyalty and independence is fiercely guarded, and where danger lurks in the most unlikely of places. Celandine's troubled character finds both refuge and purpose among the secret tribes of little people that she alone believes in. ==Plot summary== The book starts out with Celandine running away from the boarding school she was sent to by her parents to ‘pound all of the nonsense out of her’. It is her third escape attempt, after being sent back twice by her parents. She boards a train and meets a crippled soldier who appears to be no older than her brother Freddie, who died as a volunteer soldier. She aids him in lighting his cigarette. She also meets a nurse who upon Celandine's departure from their company exclaims “Do you know that ''extraordinary looking girl?''” She returns to her home farm but does not enter not wishing for an angry confrontation with her father. She climbs the hill and hoots; a signal apparently. A small child Celandine calls Fin appears out of nowhere and jumps her; smothering her with love and affection, begging for cake. This is where the back-story begins. Celandine was 10 when she first saw the “little people”. She was resting under a tree where Fin finds her, soon followed by his Father/Guardian. Upon her return to her normal surroundings no one except Freddie believes her when she tells them what she saw. (above comprises the first 1½ chapters. ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Celandine (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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