Shadow and Bone (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780606319034)

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life--a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

Author: Leigh Bardugo
ISBN-10: 0606319034
ISBN-13: 9780606319034
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 151863 / Shadow and Bone

About the Author

Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, raised in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University. She is fond of glamour, ghouls, and costuming, and gets to indulge all of these fancies in her other life as a makeup artist. She can occasionally be heard singing with her band, Captain Automatic.