Girls of Paper and Fire

Girls of Paper and Fire

<b>*#1 on the Indie Next Kid's List*</b><div><b>*Goodreads Best Books of November*<br /></b><div><b>*B&N Top Books of November*</b></div><div><b><i>*Publisher's Weekly</i> Books of the Week*</b></div><div><b>*Hypable Most Anticipated YA Book Releases*</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b> Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of <i>fire</i>. </b><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. </div><div><br /></div><div>Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable -- she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge. </div><div><b><br /></b></div></div> </div></div>