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Bloomsbury USA Childrens
On sale:
September 2004
Price:
$18.99
Format:
Hardcover
Size:
5.0625 x 7.75 in
Pages:
336 pp
Ages:
12
Grades:
7
ISBN-13: 9781582348896
ISBN-10: 1582348898
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Enna Burning
By Shannon Hale
Book Description
Enna Burning is a stunning companion to The Goose Girl and a fascinating original novel that stands on its own.
When her mother dies, Enna leaves the city and her friends to move back home with her brother, Leifer. She thought life would be simpler and more manageable in the forest. But Enna's was not meant to be a simple life, and when Leifer brings home a mysterious piece of vellum and starts setting fires-without a spark, without flint-something seems wrong. Enna cannot decide if that something is a power she wants for herself, or if it's a power that should be extinguished forever. And when her country, Bayern, goes to war, that choice becomes unbearable as her friendships are tested and her sense of self nearly lost in the fires she creates. Ultimately Enna and her best friend, Isi, take a nearly impossible journey in search of a cure for the war around them-and for the wars within themselves.Reviews
"Powerful and romantic." --Kirkus Reviews
"[T]his novel's pulsing heart lies in rich writing and sharply drawn characters, elements that will be devoured by genre fans just like kindling beneath flames." --Booklist
"Enna Burning is an original, thought-provoking fantasy complete with adventure, romance, realism and strong female characters who don't shirk from danger - or love. We'd expect no less from this talented writer." www.Authorlink.com
Hale has created natural, interesting dialogue that leads to keen understanding and culminates in a strong moral. With her first book, Hale proved she could re-mold and re-interpret a known fairy tale; in her second, she proves she can create the fairy tale itself, one that has enough interest to become, over time, a classic."--Desert News (Utah)
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