The Search for Delicious

Gaylen, the King's messenger, a skinny boy of twelve, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for Delicious in the new dictionary. But soon it seems that the search for Delicious had better succeed if civil war is to be avoided.

Gaylen's quest leads him to the woldweller, a wise, 900-year-old creature who lives alone at the precise center of the forest; to Canto, the minstrel who sings him an old song about a mermaid child and who gives him a peculiar good-luck charm; to the underground domain of the dwarfs; and finally to Ardis who might save the kingdom from havoc.

"The Search for Delicious" is a 1969 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Natalie Babbitt
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 08/21/2007
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781613837795
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5042 / Search for Delicious

About the Author

A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic "Tuck Everlasting," "The Eyes of the Amaryllis," "Kneeknock Rise" and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of "The Forty-ninth Magician," a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. "The Search for Delicious" was her first novel and established her gift for writing magical tales with profound meaning. "Kneeknock Rise" earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, and in 2002, "Tuck Everlasting" was adapted into a major motion picture. Natalie Babbitt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is a grandmother of three.


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