Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice
2015 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
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Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.
Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered -- in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.
In her exquisitely written fantasy debut, Rachel Hartman creates a rich, complex, and utterly original world. Seraphina's tortuous journey to self-acceptance is one readers will remember long after they've turned the final page
Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered -- in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.
In her exquisitely written fantasy debut, Rachel Hartman creates a rich, complex, and utterly original world. Seraphina's tortuous journey to self-acceptance is one readers will remember long after they've turned the final page
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Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Green Mountain Book Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2014 · High School · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2014 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2013 · Audiobook · Recommended
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2013 · Ten to Fourteen · Recommended
Florida Teens Read
2013 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Indies Choice Book Award
2013 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Tayshas Reading
2013 · Young Adult · Commended
William C. Morris YA Debut Award
2013 · Young Adult Literature · Winner
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
2013 · Fiction & Poetry · Honor Book
Locus Award
2013 · First Novel · Nominee
Cybils
2012 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA · Winner
Governor General's Literary Award
2012 · Children's Literature · Finalist
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