Language: PG-13 (10 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG-13 (deaths and bloody fighting)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Reed was eight years old when raiders arrived in her village and killed everyone except her. The raiders find Reed hiding in the wreckage and take her to be a sacrifice to their god for their safe journey home, but she is rescued by two strong women who take her to live among their warrior kind, the Aristenes. Now 16yo, Reed was raised to believe she will become a great warrior and find a hero that will die a glorious death so she can become an Aristene also. Reed learns that life isn’t black and white or easy.
Reed is a strong character who believes in right and wrong. Reed has a great relationship with the two other girls being raised to become Aristene warriors alongside her, Gretchen and Lyonene. The story shows the importance of love, loyalty, strength and friendship. Ethnicity is mixed with many skin tones. Reed has tan skin.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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