Ash Contributor(s): Lo, Malinda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316531316 ISBN-13: 9780316531313 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women - Young Adult Fiction | Lgbt |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1050 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Lesbian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 133262 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The haunting, romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lo--now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash's capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love. Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief. |