Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal is a 1996 children's fantasy novel by Australian author Emily Rodda.

The Chooser is summoned... Rowan of Rin learns that his mother, Jiller, is to choose the new leader from one of the three warring Maris clans.

When she falls victim to a strong poison, however, Rowan finds himself in the Chooser's position as well as trying to create the antidote to wake his mother from Death Sleep.

Rowan then receives a riddle of how to make an antidote by bonding with the crystal and finding the recipe against the Keeper's will.

To mix the brew that wakes death sleep Fill one spread hand with silver deep.

Rowan then remembers that in Rin they use scarecrows to scare away crows and they construct a bird like kite using Seaborn's cape and sticks.