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Plain Kate

December 26, 2018 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781443175043
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Description

Erin Bow's acclaimed, award-winning fantasy novel reissued in paperback!

Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. When Kate's village falls on hard times -- crops fail, and even Kate's father falls victim to a deadly fever -- the townspeople look for someone to blame, and their eyes fall on Kate.

Enter Linay, a stranger with a proposition: In exchange for her shadow, he'll give Kate the means to escape the town that seems set to burn her, and what's more, he'll grant her heart's wish. It's a chance for her to start over, to find a home, a family, a place to belong. But Kate soon realizes that she can't live shadowless forever -- and that Linay's designs are darker than she ever dreamed.

About this Author

Erin Bow is a former physicist turned poet and writer of novels for young people. Her first novel, Plain Kate, won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was nominated for the, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and the Sunburst Award. She has also written Sorrow's Knot and two critically acclaimed science fiction books, The Scorpion Rules and The Swan Riders. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario, with her husband, author James Bow, and their two daughters. Visit her online at www.erinbow.com.

ISBN: 9781443175043
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd
Published: 2018-12-26

Reviews

Praise for Plain Kate:

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2011YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2010Nominee, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2011Nominee, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2011Nominee, Rocky Mountain Book Award, 2012

*"Original and sometimes disturbing,Plain Kateis a compelling story of dark magic and a remarkable debut by a talented writer." -- Quill & Quire, starred review

"Beautiful and haunting, tragic and lovely, this is a book that is as exquisite as it is disquieting. . . In simple but evocative prose, [Erin Bow] creates a fully realized world in which her story delicately unfolds with a fairytale quality that will linger with readers." -- Canadian Children's Book News

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