In the Inner Lands, there are three ways sixteen-year-old Shael can get herself and her family killed--by looking like the enemy; by working with the enemy; by becoming the enemy. When Shael unknowingly helps a mortally wounded thief, he entrusts her with delivering three figurines to the lord of her castle. Too late, Shael discovers that the figurines were stolen from the Hyllethans, her country's feared enemies. And since she cut her fingers on the figurines while handling them, she is now linked to them. Any breakage or pressure on the clay is felt on her flesh. Despite her reluctance to aid the enemy, to break the connection Shael teams up with three Hyllethans to retrieve the figurines, now on their way to the queen. Shael is caught in the tussle for the thrones of the two lands. To avoid becoming a pawn--or even dangling from a hangman's noose--she has to regain possession of the figurines and face the unsuspected secrets of her lost past. With this first book in the Hyllethan Gifts trilogy Caroline Sciriha has spun us a tale comparable to Kristen Britain's Green Rider series or Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series.
20 eye-opening but hopeful stories and a poem by 19 talented writers from the US, UK, Canada, & India, to raise awareness of the plight of millions of Asian children working long hours under difficult conditions in factories, mines, quarries, brickyards, and more. For age 12 and up. Incl. questions & resources. Proceeds to SOS Children's Villages.
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