Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
Cover Photo of the paperback edition.
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| Author | Holly Black |
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| Cover artist | Sammy Yuen, Jr. |
| Country | United States |
| Series | Modern Tale of Faerie |
| Genre | Young adult fantasy |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
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Publication date
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June 2005 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 314 (first ed.) |
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| OCLC | 64442595 |
| LC Class | PZ7.B52878 Val 2005 |
| Preceded by | Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale |
| Followed by | Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale |
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. It was published in 2005 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, who recommended it for ages "14 up".Valiant is a sequel to Black's debut novel Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, and the second in a trilogy that is sometimes called [A] Modern Tale of Faerie (2002–2007).
Where Tithe is set mainly on the Jersey Shore, Valiant is set in New York City. The two novels share a major premise, or fictional universe, but Valiant also works as a stand-alone story. According to online excerpts from a 2006 Locus interview and short biography of Black, "Valiant (2005) is another contemporary fantasy loosely related to Tithe, and Ironside, a direct sequel to Tithe, is forthcoming."
Valiant won the inaugural Andre Norton Award as the year's best U.S. science fiction or fantasy for young adults as selected by vote of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFFWA). It was also a finalist for the annual Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in children's literature, as Tithe had been.
The book follows the life of runaway Valerie Russell in New York. Valerie is the child of a single mother and is quite tomboyish. At the start of the novel, Val attends high school, is a lacrosse player, and is best friends with the eccentric lesbian-identified Ruth.
Val discovers her boyfriend, Tom, and her mother are having an affair. Betrayed and not sure where to go, Val runs away to New York City. She meets up with a group of teen-squatters, including Lolli (as in lollipop), Dave, and Luis. Val earns the nickname "Prince Valiant" after she helps a drag queen locate her shoe.
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