Acorna
1997 • 400 pages

Ratings12

Average rating3.1

15

She was just a little girl, with a tiny horn in the center of her forehead, funny-looking feet, beautiful silver hair, and several curious powers: the ability to purify air and water, make plants grow, and heal scars and broken bones. A trio of grizzled prospectors found her drifting in an escape pod amid the asteroids, adopted her, and took her to the bandit planet Kezdet, a place where no questions are asked and the girl might grow up free.

But Kezdet has its own dark secret. The prosperity of the planet is based on a hideous trade in child slave labor, administered by "The Piper" -- a mystery man with special plans for Acorna and her powers. But free little girls have a way of growing into freedom-loving young women, and Acorna has special plans all her own.

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Series

Series

10 primary books

#1 in Acorna

Acorna is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Margaret Ball, Anne McCaffrey, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.

#1
Acorna
#2
Acorna's Quest
#3
Acorna's People
#4
Acorna's World (Acorna #4)
#5
Acorna's Search

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This was a good book introducing me to the character Acorna. I liked how Calum, Gill and Rafik learned about her powers and how Acorna and her friends made a difference on Kezdet. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Acorna's Quest.

May 6, 2009

Three space miners raise an alien unicorn girl on their ship, try to find her species/original family. Read it as a tween and it kinda got me into sci-fi, so even though it definitely has flaws and the further books in the series get weird, I enjoyed the first few ones immensely.

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