Elissa's Quest by Sydney Taylor

This story starts out with a girl named Elissa. She lives with an old woman who makes medicine and stuff like that. Elissa's mother died when she was little, and her father left her. Elissa promised herself that she would travel all around the world to find her father. Then one day her friend who was a Lord said that he had a man at his house who was her father. So Elissa was invited to have lunch with her friend. She sat down at the table. The man who her friend said was her father was called Lord Falk. He asked Elissa a few questions, but mostly talked to her friend, Lord Bob. At the end of the lunch Lord Falk went over to the old woman who Elissa lived with. Lord Falk told the old woman that he would be taking Elissa away. The old woman said "Yes, Lord Falk." She told Elissa to pack up her belongings quickly and to have a safe journey. On their journey Lord Falk told Elissa a little about her mother. Elissa didn't know where her father was taking her. Lord Falk was taking Elissa to the Evil Khan. He had made a deal with the Evil Khan that if he let the Khan borrow Elissa he could have a better army. When night came the unpacked there tents and set them up. Lord Falk had guards guard Elissa's tent. Then all of a sudden they saw cloaked and hooded figures with knives. Lord Falk had his whole army attack them. Plus two guards in front of Elissa's tent. But when the hooded creatures left, they looked into Elissa's tent and she was gone! Will they find Elissa? What will happen to Lord Falks deal with the Evil Khan?
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