A New York Times bestseller
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner
Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and BCCB Best Book of the Year
"Rageful, exhilarating, wistful in turns" (The New York Times Book Review) with "a knee weakening romance" (LA Times). Graceling is a thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure that will resonate deeply with anyone trying to find their way in the world.
Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa's Grace is killing. As the king's niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa's life begins to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace--or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.
Awards: Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, winner of the SIBA Book Award/YA, Indies Choice Book Award Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, 2008 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Amazon.com's Best Books of 2008, 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice, Booklist's 2008 Top Ten First Novels for Youth, 2009 Amelia Bloomer List, BCCB 2009 Blue Ribbon List
And don't miss the sequel Fire and companion Bitterblue, both award-winning, New York Times bestsellers, and full of Kristin Cashore's elegant, evocative prose and unforgettable characters.
This is volume 1 in Graceling Realm .
There are 477 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Cengage Learning, Inc .
Kristin Cashore is an exceptional new voice in the fantasy genre. She has an M. A. in Children's Literature and has lived in Pennsylvania, Syndey, Boston, Cambridge, Austin, Italy and even London before setting, for the moment, in Florida.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
California Young Reader Medal
This book was recognised in the YA category by the California Young Reader Medal.
Pat Conroy Southern Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Pat Conroy Southern Book Award.
Golden Sower Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Golden Sower Award.
Green Mountain Book Award
This book was recognised by the Green Mountain Book Award.
Gateway Readers Award
This book was recognised by the Gateway Readers Award.
The Audies
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Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.
Grand Canyon Reader Award
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.
Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
Texas Lone Star
This book was recognised by the Texas Lone Star.
Florida Teens Read
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