A Thousand Nights Contributor(s): Johnston, E. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1484722272 ISBN-13: 9781484722275 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2014049058 |
Age Level: 13-17 |
Grade Level: 8-12 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (1.25 lbs) 336 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2015 pg. 157 Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 - Recommended - Readable School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 112 Publishers Weekly 10/12/2015 Booklist 11/01/2015 pg. 58 Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 57 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2016 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 180206 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A story threaded with shimmering vibrance and beauty, A Thousand Nights will weave its spell over readers' hearts and leave them captivated long after the final tale has been told. -- Alexandra Bracken, New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds series Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next. And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong. Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air. Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster. |
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