Fifteen year old Liza travels through war-ravaged territory in a struggle to bridge the faerie and human worlds and to bring back her mother, while she learns of her own powers and that magic can be controlled.Fantasy | YA
Each January a committee from the American Library Association (ALA) selects the official Newbery Award and Honor books for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in English in the United States during the preceding year." Our book club will read and suggest books we think deserve this award (based on the Newbery criteria) and then, in January, vote for our pick for the Bayside Mock Newbery award.
This is an excellent fantasy for those who enjoy Graceling and The Hunger Games. I don't think it is Newbery quality - not ground breaking - but it was a good, exciting read, with interesting characters.
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