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Starred Review on June 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—High school can be a confusing and difficult time for any teen, but it has been exceptionally hard for Nolan. While his family and his doctors insist that he has been experiencing chronic seizures, comas, and incredibly detailed hallucinations, the truth is that every time he closes his eyes, his consciousness is transported into the mind of Amara, a servant girl living in the Dunelands, a realm where mages and magic are commonplace. It has been several years since he started seeing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2014
Seventeen-year-old Nolan Santiago appears to suffer from a rare form of untreatable epilepsy, but the truth is much stranger. Whenever Nolan closes his eyes, he is transported into the body and mind of Amara, a mute slave girl in the Dunelands on an alien world and one of four fugitives fleeing hired assassins. Amara's job is to protect Princess Cilla from her curse: a single spilled drop of Cilla's blood awakens a spell that rouses vengeful stones, plants, and the earth itself to extinguish her li...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Whenever seventeen-year-old Nolan closes his eyes, he's transported into the body of Amara, a mute slave girl on an alien wor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More