Witchlanders Wins Crystal Kite Award!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators each year to recognize great books from 15 regional SCBWI divisions around the world.  Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers. Each member of SCBWI is allowed to vote for their favorite book from a nominated author in their region that was published in the previous calendar year.

Check out this year’s winners, including Witchlanders!

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The reviews are in for this “stunning” YA fantasy novel!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by admin

* Exquisite storytelling plus atmospheric
worldbuilding equals one stunning teen debut. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Read the full review here.

 

High in their mountain covens, red witches pray to the Goddess, protecting the Witchlands by throwing the bones and foretelling the future.

It’s all a fake.

At least, that’s what Ryder thinks. He doubts the witches really deserve their tithes—one quarter of all the crops his village can produce. And even if they can predict the future, what danger is there to foretell, now that his people’s old enemy, the Baen, has been defeated?

But when a terrifying new magic threatens both his village and the coven, Ryder must confront the beautiful and silent witch who holds all the secrets. Everything he’s ever believed about witches, the Baen, magic and about himself will change, when he discovers that the prophecies he’s always scorned—

Are about him.

Published by Atheneum (S&S), Fall 2011
Hardcover, 400 pages
ISBN-10: 1442420049
ISBN-13: 9781442420045
Grades: 7 and up

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