alia Wants Nothing More Than To Be Selected As A Keenten, A Warrior Woman. Her Friend Kay, Strong And Fierce, Is Sure To Be Chosen, But Alia Is Not Nearly As Certain About Herself. When Kay Stumbles Upon A Shelter In The Woods Belonging To Two Beechians, Enemies Of Their People, The Girls See A Perfect Opportunity To Prove Their Courage And Worth. But Then Strange Events Unfold, And Alia Begins To Question Everything That Has Always Been Certain In Her Lifeher Friendship With Kay, Her Opinions Of The Beechians And Of War, Even Her Singular Desire To Become A Keenten.
a Vividly Portrayed, Perfectly Realized World And Elements Of The Supernatural Provide A Magical Setting For This Stirring Story, Which Will Resonate Long After The Final Page Is Turned.
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in An Insightful Debut Fantasy, A Mystical Connection To Trees Helps The 12-year-old Heroine Discover That Warriors Don't Have To Use A Weapon Or Draw Blood To Win A Battle. Alia And Her Best Friend, Kay, Yearn To Become Keentens (warrior Women) When They Turn 13, So They Can Join The War That Has Already Taken The Lives Of Two Of Alia's Brothers. The Choice Is Easy For Kay, Who Excels In The War Arts, But Not For Alia, Whose Talents Lie In Communicating With The Wild Magic Of The Trees. Even So, Both Girls Decide To Prove Their Warrior Worthiness By Capturing Two Young Beechians (a Foolish, Stubborn, Savage People) Whom Kay Has Spied Hiding Out In Trantian Territory. However, When The Girls Take Their Prisoners To The Keentens, Certain They Will Be Welcomed Into The Sisterhood, They Face Censure For Their Behavior And Must Wait For The Village Wizard To Decide Their Fate. Despite Some Familiar Plot Devices-sacred Woods, Wise Women, Evil Magicians-the Novel Succeeds In Its Realistic Depiction Of A Girl's Coming Of Age. Alia's Struggle To Accept (or Deny) Her Natural Talents And Her Attempts To Alter Herself In Order To Preserve A Childhood Friendship Will Resonate With Readers. Ages 9-14. (mar.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- Values
- Fiction
- Values
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Clarion Books
Author : McCaffrey, Laura Williams
Language : English
Edition : English Language
Published :2003-03-25
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0618194614
ISBN-13 : 9780618194612
Item weight : 0.91 lb
Dimensions : 0.92 in x 5.76 in x 8.56 in
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