Book Talking - The Last Unicorn

Below is a book talk I have developed. Feel free to use it in at one of your own events.

 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

"The unicorn lived in a lilac wood and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea."

So begins Peter S. Beagle's fantasy classic. Now, what would you do if you were the last of your kind? Would you try to find what had become of the others? What would you sacrifice?

 Follow our protagonist as she encounters a second class witch with a death wish, a bumbling magician under a curse and the terrifying knowledge that people have forgotten unicorns. Will she find the missing? Who or what is the mysterious Red Bull? Can she return to her forest after so much has changed?

Read, The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle, to find out.

For more on The Last Unicorn, check out a review, buy the movie, or read an essay analysis.