Sword and verse / Kathy MacMillan.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: 376 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062324616
- 9780062324610
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book
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Main Library | YA Fiction | MacMilla Kathy | Available | 33111008339018 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Raisa was just a child when she was sold to work as a slave in the kingdom of Qilara. Despite her young age, her father was teaching her to read and write, grooming her to take his place as a Learned One. In Qilara, the Arnathim, like Raisa, are the lowest class, and literacy is a capital offense. What's more, only the king, prince, tutor, and tutor-in-training are allowed to learn the very highest order language, the language of the gods. So when the tutor-in-training is executed for teaching slaves this sacred language, and Raisa is selected to replace her, Raisa knows any slipup on her part could mean death.
Keeping her secret is hard enough, but the romance that's been growing between her and Prince Mati isn't helping matters. Then Raisa is approached by the Resistance -- an underground army of slave rebels -- to help liberate Arnath slaves. She wants to free her people, but that would mean aiding a war against Mati. As Raisa struggles with what to do, she discovers a secret that the Qilarites have been hiding for centuries -- one that, if uncovered, could bring the kingdom to its knees.
When Raisa, a slave since being kidnapped as a child, is chosen to become a tutor and learn a secret language, she is torn between her feelings for Prince Mati and her desire to help free her people.