"Rae Carson has proved she's a master and has shaken up the YA genre."--USAToday.com
The first book in Rae Carson's award-winning and New York Times-bestselling trilogy! The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a sweeping journey full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. Fans of Shadow & Bone and Game of Thrones, will devour this fantasy series.
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one. But she has always felt powerless, useless. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king--a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he's not the only one who seeks her. Fierce enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn't die young. Most of the chosen do.
William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten Pick
Andre Norton Award Finalist
A Texas Tayshas Selection
Ohioana Book Award YA winner
Don't miss The Empire of Dreams, Rae Carson's action-packed return to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns!
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 09/20/2011
ISBN: 9780062026484
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.60d
Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Truman Readers Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Review Citations: School Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 98
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2011
Booklist 10/01/2011 pg. 86
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2011
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2011 pg. 507 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Shelf Awareness 11/29/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 92 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 147890 / Girl of Fire and Thorns
Reading Level: 5 /
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus /
Point Value: 15