Book Menu for Sabriel
by Garth NixISBN of edition I read: 0060575816 (trade paperback)
This is the first novel in the Abhorsen trilogy. It is very dark and creepy but beautifully written. Also check out the Book Menu for the Sabriel sequel, Lirael.
Food mentioned in Sabriel:
Tea, 13, 33, 268
Toffee, 52
Dried fruit, 52
Pomegranates, 82
Wine, 83, 171
Hot chocolate, 98
Dried beef, 103, 127, 152-3
Biscuits, 103
Oatmeal, 148
Music mentioned in Sabriel
:Handbells, 4
Wind flutes (panpipes), 34
Great vocabulary in Sabriel :
fetid, 4
surreptitious, 1, 225
surreptitiously, 174
Phosphorescent, 13
precariously, 13, 22, 145
crenellated, 22
redolent, 38
impervious, 65, 69
recalcitrant, 80
pallid, 92
quiescent, 92, 135
languid, 121
pinioned, 122
sinuous, 123
inimical, 123
propensity, 132
somnolence, 132
pavane, 139
ablutions, 144
miscreant, 149
reticence, 153
emanation, 173
incongruous, 203, 274
incipient, 220
ubiquitous, 224
cacophony, 273
irascible, 292
voracity, 301
Discussion questions for Sabriel:
Of everything that Sabriel learned at the school and from her father, what do you think was most important?
What is your opinion of how Sabriel handles her new responsibilities?
Which kind of necromancer would you rather be, one that raises the dead or one that binds them?
Did you find any examples of humor in this story?
