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The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle

Paperback, 212 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $15 |

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The last unicorn leaves the protection of her enchanted lavender forest to search for her own kind, with the assistance of Schmedrick, the only occasionally successful magician, and dreamer Molly Grue.

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