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Lara Lee

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Fantasy, Children's, Young Adult

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Lara Lee is a professional graphic designer, HEMA swordfighter, wife, mother, author, blogger, and homeschool teacher with a Master's Degree in Special Education. She wrote books, illustrated children's books, and contributed short stories to multiple anthologies and magazines. Bitten by wanderlust at a young age, she has lived in three states and four countries and has visited even more destinations with insatiable curiosity. Currently, she lives in Texas (again) with her husband, two sons, a daughter, and a cat, who all regularly participate in her misadventures and random schemes.

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Average rating: 4.42 · 45 ratings · 17 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Gryphendale (The Legends of Gryphendale, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow of the Gryphon (Truthseeker, #1; The Legends of Gryphendale, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secrets of Cinnamon Cinderguard (The Legends of Gryphendale, #5) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gryphon's Handmaiden (Truthseeker, #2; The Legends of Gryphendale, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zip and the Golden Trombone (Legends, #1) by Kerry Lee Jr., Lara Lee (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gryphon of Stone (Truthseeker, #3; The Legends of Gryphendale, #4) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Sage Goliad (The Legends of Gryphendale, #0.5) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets in the Water by Adjie Henderson (Contributor), Aria Meixel (Contributor), Don Noel (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcoming the Lunar New Year: Festivals of the World by Lara Lee (Goodreads Author), Natelle Quek (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stinkwaves Magazine by Nichole Hansen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tevin Hansen (Goodreads Author), Lara Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lara Lee

The Legends of Gryphendale (5 books)
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Truthseeker (3 books)
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The Book of the City of Ladies

by Christine de Pizan

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The Lara Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain (Harvard Historical Studies)

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The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320 by Malcolm Barber (8-Apr-2004) Paperback

by Malcolm Barber

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“How many times has the question been raised 'why do bad things happen to good people?' Why was nature created to be an indiscriminate source of good and evil in the world? The question is as old as time and yet is new for each person who asks it. Everyone thinks they are the first to go through events that raised the question in their hearts. In many ways, they are both right and wrong.”
― Lara Lee, Gryphendale

tags: christian-fiction

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“The world is mad, and it takes a little madness at times to put it back in order again.”
― Lara Lee

tags: humor, madness

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“Thanks for the help,” said Nathaniel with a sigh.

Timothy shook his head. “I didn't do anything, That was all you.”

Arthur turned around and threw his dagger into a Kalathite soldier coming through the chamber doors.

“Great reunion. Talk about it later,” said Arthur as he went to get his dagger out of the soldier's face.”
― Lara Lee, The Shadow of the Gryphon

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Lara’s Quotes

“Living this long's not as wonderful as people think. I mean, you get the same amount of youth as everyone else, but a great big extra helping of being very old and deaf and creaky.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

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“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

tags: god, religion

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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: fantasy, literature, philosophy

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

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