Synopses & Reviews
The war between humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so 15-year-old Liza has been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza's world bears the scars of its encounter with magic. Trees move with sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Then Liza discovers she has the Faerie ability to see into the past, into the future and she has no choice but to flee her town. Liza's quest will take her into Faerie and back again, and what she finds along the way may be the key to healing both worlds.
Janni Lee Simner's first novel for young adults is a dark fairy-tale twist on apocalyptic fiction as familiar as a nightmare, yet altogether unique.
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"[An] unusual and unsettling vision of a magically dystopian future." Booklist
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"With its dark, sharply imagined world, this will appeal to readers of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare." Kirkus Reviews
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"Readers will be surprised by the identity and motives of the 'evil' shadow that follows Liza. They will also be satisfied by an ending that is optimistic yet not akin to a fairy tale." VOYA
About the Author
Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where, even without magic, the plants know how to bite and the dandelions really do have thorns. She has published four books for younger readers, as well as more than 30 short stories. Bones of Faerie is her first young adult novel.