Beehive Award
2010 · Young Adult · Nominee
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My lady and I are being shut up in a tower for seven years.
When Lady Saren refuses to marry a man she fears, she and her maid, Dashti, are locked in a tower with just a tiny flap open to the outside world. As food runs low and the weather changes from broiling hot to unbearably cold, it is all Dashti can do to make them comfortable in their dark prison.
Not long after their confinement begins, Saren's suitors arrive—one welcome, the other less so—and she orders Dashti to speak to them. Impersonating Lady Saren is a crime punishable by death, but Dashti will have to play the role many times if she is to save them both from the tower and the dangers outside. As she takes control of their desperate situation, Dashti begins to understand her own astonishing talents and believe that even a low-born maid can find true love.
When Lady Saren refuses to marry a man she fears, she and her maid, Dashti, are locked in a tower with just a tiny flap open to the outside world. As food runs low and the weather changes from broiling hot to unbearably cold, it is all Dashti can do to make them comfortable in their dark prison.
Not long after their confinement begins, Saren's suitors arrive—one welcome, the other less so—and she orders Dashti to speak to them. Impersonating Lady Saren is a crime punishable by death, but Dashti will have to play the role many times if she is to save them both from the tower and the dangers outside. As she takes control of their desperate situation, Dashti begins to understand her own astonishing talents and believe that even a low-born maid can find true love.
Awards
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2010 · Tween · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2010 · Middle School · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2010 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2009 · Children's · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2009 · Junior Book · Nominee
Tayshas Reading
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Volunteer State Book Award
2009 · Young Adult · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2008 · Ten to Fourteen · Recommended
Cybils
2007 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA · Winner
Utah Book Award
2007 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
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