Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie

By Holly Black

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie is a young adult fantasy novel by Holly Black, published in 2005. Val runs away from home to New York City and falls in with a group of teenagers living in the subway tunnels. They introduce her to a drug made for faeries, and she becomes involved with a troll named Ravus and the world of the faerie folk hidden in the city. The book won the Andre Norton Award.

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• John Green: “There may be a new generation of YA readers who haven't read a bunch of books published ten or more years ago so I have some recommendations on that front. Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black, Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña, The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.”