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378 pp.
| Scholastic |
April, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-03641-2$17.99
(3)
YA
Orphaned Shadow must follow the queen's every move, ordered to protect her against a prophesied imminent death. When the young ruler is murdered, knight Kenway whisks Shadow away on a journey where she learns her true, far more complicated, identity. Shadow can be prickly and self-absorbed; her hesitancy and introspection ultimately make the romance plot even more swoon-inducing.