"Knife woke in a cold sweat, the torn edge of her wing sizzling with pain. How long had she lain unconscious? Her worst fears had come to pass: she was trapped, flightless, a prisoner. The humans had put her in a box, and now they had come to torment her..."

Don't read this book if you're expecting fairy dust - the last thing Knife is likely to wield is a magic wand...

This is book 1 in Knife .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rebecca Anderson was born in Uganda, raised in Ontario, went to school in New Jersey, and has spent much of her life dreaming of other worlds entirely.