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1970
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Original Language
English
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Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Vintage
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ISBN
9780547258300
Book Title
Graceling
Book Series
Graceling Realm Ser.
Item Length
8.2 in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2009
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Kristin Cashore
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
Topic
Fantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, General, Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Girls & Women
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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Discover the Graceling Realm in this unforgettable, award-winning novel from bestselling author Kristin Cashore. A New York Times bestseller * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner * Publishers Weekly , School Library Journal, Booklist, and BCCB Best Book of the Year "Rageful, exhilarating, wistful in turns" ( New York Times Book Review) with "a knee weakening romance" ( Los Angeles Times ). Graceling is a thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure that will resonate deeply with anyone trying to find their way in the world. Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa's Grace is killing. As the king's niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa's life begins to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace--or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone . And don't miss the sequel Fire and companion Bitterblue , both award-winning New York Times bestsellers featuring Kristin Cashore's elegant, evocative prose and unforgettable characters.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0547258305
ISBN-13
9780547258300
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71913870

Product Key Features

Book Title
Graceling
Author
Kristin Cashore
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, General, Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Girls & Women
Publication Year
2009
Book Series
Graceling Realm Ser.
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
480 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
13 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
Series Volume Number
1
Grade from
Seventh Grade
Reviews
*"An impressive first novel, this well-crafted and rewarding fantasy will leave readers hoping for more.", "In this debut fantasy, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likeable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. . . . This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled." -- School Library Journal, starred review "Intrigue, death, love, a little sex, and pitched battles create a sure winner for mature fantasy fans."--VOYA (4Q, 4P) "With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [ Graceling ] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies, as well as readers who''ve graduated from Tamora Pierce''s Tortall series."-- Horn Book "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa''s combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse."-- BookPage , November 2008 " Graceling is the wonderful new book by Kristin Cashore about a girl with grace, but who is no Audrey Hepburn. Katsa''s extreme special skill, her #145;grace,' is that she''s able to kill people with her bare hands (ouch). In a world of seven kingdoms, Katsa is certainly considered a bad-ass and is respectably feared. Ultimately though, the graceling ends up being shamelessly used by her own family to fight and torture their enemies... until she meets Po . . . There''s been a ton of early praise about this debut novel -- so much so that I think it''s safe to say there''s an official buzz."--Ypulse "However, as in every season, a few other titles have risen to the surface as potential hits, based on pre-pub buzz, online chatter and word-of-mouth. We''ve singled out four for particular notice: three are inventive fantasy novels, and one is a harrowing memoir. Publishers and booksellers alike believe these books have what it takes to cut through the noise of a very full season."-- Publishers Weekly online "The teenage characters in this novel, like those we may know in life, grow into their graces. They realize that their monstrous individuality is not so monstrous afterall."-- The New York Times Book Review "Discovering one''s true identity and powers is a common theme in young adult literature, but Kristin Cashore, with compelling characters and an ease in combining genres--fantasy, mystery, adventure, romance--develops this theme with enormous freshness."-- Newsday " ''Graceling'' offers a fresh view of the process of learning self-mastery and has a knee-weakening romance that easily rivals that of ''Twilight''."-- LA Times ADVANCE PRAISE FOR  Graceling:   Here's a WOW of a book! Seeing half-wild Katsa learn humanity as she battles soldiers, storms, and her own obsessive nature—I HAD to know how it ended!" —Tamora Pierce   Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, political intrigue, and action throughout, this is a book I'll share with my daughter." —Melissa Marr, author of Wicked Lovely   I can't remember when I last was this impressed by a new fantasy. Kristin Cashore's voice is fresh and fluent...the end result is a story that you tear through so that you can immediately start again at the beginning and read it with the care it deserves. A truly spectacular novel." —Susan Hirschman, founder of Greenwillow Books   FROM THE AUTHOR:   I've always been a daydreamer; as a child I always lived far from school, and distinctly remember cherishing the long drive, because it was good daydreaming time.  Graceling grew from daydreams I had about a girl with extraordinary fighting powers who loved a boy with whom she was insurmountably incompatible." —Kristin Cashore  , "In this debut fantasy, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likeable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. . . . This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled." -- School Library Journal, starred review "Intrigue, death, love, a little sex, and pitched battles create a sure winner for mature fantasy fans."--VOYA (4Q, 4P) "With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [ Graceling ] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies, as well as readers who''ve graduated from Tamora Pierce''s Tortall series."-- Horn Book "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa''s combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse."-- BookPage , November 2008 " Graceling is the wonderful new book by Kristin Cashore about a girl with grace, but who is no Audrey Hepburn. Katsa''s extreme special skill, her 'grace,' is that she''s able to kill people with her bare hands (ouch). In a world of seven kingdoms, Katsa is certainly considered a bad-ass and is respectably feared. Ultimately though, the graceling ends up being shamelessly used by her own family to fight and torture their enemies... until she meets Po . . . There''s been a ton of early praise about this debut novel -- so much so that I think it''s safe to say there''s an official buzz."--Ypulse "However, as in every season, a few other titles have risen to the surface as potential hits, based on pre-pub buzz, online chatter and word-of-mouth. We''ve singled out four for particular notice: three are inventive fantasy novels, and one is a harrowing memoir. Publishers and booksellers alike believe these books have what it takes to cut through the noise of a very full season."-- Publishers Weekly online "The teenage characters in this novel, like those we may know in life, grow into their graces. They realize that their monstrous individuality is not so monstrous afterall."-- The New York Times Book Review "Discovering one''s true identity and powers is a common theme in young adult literature, but Kristin Cashore, with compelling characters and an ease in combining genres--fantasy, mystery, adventure, romance--develops this theme with enormous freshness."-- Newsday " ''Graceling'' offers a fresh view of the process of learning self-mastery and has a knee-weakening romance that easily rivals that of ''Twilight''."-- LA Times ADVANCE PRAISE FOR  Graceling:   "Here's a WOW of a book! Seeing half-wild Katsa learn humanity as she battles soldiers, storms, and her own obsessive nature--I HAD to know how it ended!" --Tamora Pierce   "Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, political intrigue, and action throughout, this is a book I'll share with my daughter." --Melissa Marr, author of Wicked Lovely   "I can't remember when I last was this impressed by a new fantasy. Kristin Cashore's voice is fresh and fluent...the end result is a story that you tear through so that you can immediately start again at the beginning and read it with the care it deserves. A truly spectacular novel." --Susan Hirschman, founder of Greenwillow Books   FROM THE AUTHOR:   "I've always been a daydreamer; as a child I always lived far from school, and distinctly remember cherishing the long drive, because it was good daydreaming time.  Graceling grew from daydreams I had about a girl with extraordinary fighting powers who loved a boy with whom she was insurmountably incompatible." --Kristin Cashore  , "In this debut fantasy, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likeable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. . . . This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled." --School Library Journal, starred review "Katsa is an ideal adolescent heroine, simultaneously confident of her strengths yet unsure of her place in the world. Every character is crafted with the same meticulous devotion to human comprehensibility, making the villain all the more appalling in his understated, twisted madness. In a tale filled with graphic violence and subtle heartbreak, gentle passion and savage kindness, matter-of-fact heroics and bleak beauty, no defeat is ever total and no triumph comes without cost. Grace-full, in every sense." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Intrigue, death, love, a little sex, and pitched battles create a sure winner for mature fantasy fans."--VOYA (4Q, 4P) "With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [Graceling] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies, as well as readers who've graduated from Tamora Pierce's Tortall series."--Horn Book "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa's combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse."--BookPage, November 2008 "Graceling is the wonderful new book by Kristin Cashore about a girl with grace, but who is no Audrey Hepburn. Katsa's extreme special skill, her 'grace,' is that she's able to kill people with her bare hands (ouch). In a world of seven kingdoms, Katsa is certainly considered a bad-ass and is respectably feared. Ultimately though, the graceling ends up being shamelessly used by her own family to fight and torture their enemies... until she meets Po . . . There's been a ton of early praise about this debut novel -- so much so that I think it's safe to say there's an official buzz."--Ypulse "However, as in every season, a few other titles have risen to the surface as potential hits, based on pre-pub buzz, online chatter and word-of-mouth. We've singled out four for particular notice: three are inventive fantasy novels, and one is a harrowing memoir. Publishers and booksellers alike believe these books have what it takes to cut through the noise of a very full season."--Publishers Weekly online "The teenage characters in this novel, like those we may know in life, grow into their graces. They realize that their monstrous individuality is not so monstrous afterall."--The New York Times Book Review "Discovering one's true identity and powers is a common theme in young adult literature, but Kristin Cashore, with compelling characters and an ease in combining genres--fantasy, mystery, adventure, romance--develops this theme with enormous freshness."--Newsday " 'Graceling' offers a fresh view of the process of learning self-mastery and has a knee-weakening romance that easily rivals that of 'Twilight'."--LA Times ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Graceling: "Here's a WOW of a book! Seeing half-wild Katsa learn humanity as she battles soldiers, storms, and her own obsessive nature--I HAD to know how it ended!" --Tamora Pierce "Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, politi, «"This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled."-- School Library Journal (starred review), "Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, political intrigue, and action throughout, this is a book I'll share with my daughter." --Melissa Marr, author of Wicked Lovely, "With this riveting debut, Cashore has set the bar exceedingly high." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "An impressive first novel, this well crafted and rewarding fantasy will leave readers hoping for more." Booklist (starred review), «"An impressive first novel, this well crafted and rewarding fantasy will leave readers hoping for more." Booklist (starred review), "In this debut fantasy, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likeable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. . . . This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled." -- School Library Journal, starred review "Intrigue, death, love, a little sex, and pitched battles create a sure winner for mature fantasy fans."--VOYA (4Q, 4P) "With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [ Graceling ] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies, as well as readers who''ve graduated from Tamora Pierce''s Tortall series."-- Horn Book "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa''s combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse."-- BookPage , November 2008 " Graceling is the wonderful new book by Kristin Cashore about a girl with grace, but who is no Audrey Hepburn. Katsa''s extreme special skill, her #145;grace,'' is that she''s able to kill people with her bare hands (ouch). In a world of seven kingdoms, Katsa is certainly considered a bad-ass and is respectably feared. Ultimately though, the graceling ends up being shamelessly used by her own family to fight and torture their enemies... until she meets Po . . . There''s been a ton of early praise about this debut novel -- so much so that I think it''s safe to say there''s an official buzz."--Ypulse "However, as in every season, a few other titles have risen to the surface as potential hits, based on pre-pub buzz, online chatter and word-of-mouth. We''ve singled out four for particular notice: three are inventive fantasy novels, and one is a harrowing memoir. Publishers and booksellers alike believe these books have what it takes to cut through the noise of a very full season."-- Publishers Weekly online "The teenage characters in this novel, like those we may know in life, grow into their graces. They realize that their monstrous individuality is not so monstrous afterall."-- The New York Times Book Review "Discovering one''s true identity and powers is a common theme in young adult literature, but Kristin Cashore, with compelling characters and an ease in combining genres--fantasy, mystery, adventure, romance--develops this theme with enormous freshness."-- Newsday " ''Graceling'' offers a fresh view of the process of learning self-mastery and has a knee-weakening romance that easily rivals that of ''Twilight''."-- LA Times ADVANCE PRAISE FOR  Graceling:   Here''s a WOW of a book! Seeing half-wild Katsa learn humanity as she battles soldiers, storms, and her own obsessive nature—I HAD to know how it ended!" —Tamora Pierce   Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, political intrigue, and action throughout, this is a book I''ll share with my daughter." —Melissa Marr, author of Wicked Lovely   I can''t remember when I last was this impressed by a new fantasy. Kristin Cashore''s voice is fresh and fluent...the end result is a story that you tear through so that you can immediately start again at the beginning and read it with the care it deserves. A truly spectacular novel." —Susan Hirschman, founder of Greenwillow Books   FROM THE AUTHOR:   I''ve always been a daydreamer; as a child I always lived far from school, and distinctly remember cherishing the long drive, because it was good daydreaming time.  Graceling grew from daydreams I had about a girl with extraordinary fighting powers who loved a boy with whom she was insurmountably incompatible." —Kristin Cashore  , *"The writing is perfectly pitched at teens struggling to put their own talents to good use. With this riveting debut, Cashore has set the bar exceedingly high.", *"Katsa is an ideal adolescent heroine, simultaneously confident of her strengths yet unsure of her place in the world. Every character is crafted with the same meticulous devotion to human comprehensibility, making the villain all the more appalling in his understated, twisted madness. In a tale filled with graphic violence and subtle heartbreak, gentle passion and savage kindness, matter-of-fact heroics and bleak beauty, no defeat is ever total and no triumph comes without cost. Grace-full, in every sense.", Katsa and Po are wonderful: They make me want to cheer. Due to a strong heroine, a supportive hero, political intrigue, and action throughout, this is a book I'll share with my daughter., "I can't remember when I last was this impressed by a new fantasy. Kristin Cashore's voice is fresh and fluent. The characters are memorable, the plot filled with surprises--all of which are entirely plausible--and the end result is a story that you tear through so that you can immediately start again at the beginning and read it with the care it deserves. A truly spectacular novel." --Susan Hirschman, Founder of Greenwillow Books, "I can't remember when I last was this impressed by a new fantasy.  Kristin Cashore's voice is fresh and fluent.  The characters are memorable, the plot filled with surprises--all of which are entirely plausible--and the end result is a story that you tear through so that you can immediately start again  at the beginning and read it with the care it deserves.  A truly spectacular novel." --Susan Hirschman, Founder of Greenwillow Books, "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa's combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse."-- BookPage , November 2008, «"With this riveting debut, Cashore has set the bar exceedingly high."  -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "A brilliant, unforgettable story. I consumed Graceling in one sitting, awed by its originality, breadth, and humanity. For a first novel - for any novel - this book is extraordinary." --Catherine Gilbert Murdock, author of Dairy Queen, *"This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled.", "Katsa is an ideal adolescent heroine, simultaneously confident of her strengths yet unsure of her place in the world. . . . In a tale filled with graphic violence and subtle heartbreak, gentle passion and savage kindness, matter-of-fact heroics and bleak beauty, no defeat is ever total and no triumph comes without cost. Grace-full, in every sense." Kirkus Reviews, starred review (9/01/08), With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [ Graceling ] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies. . . ., "Graceling offers a fresh view of the process of learning self-mastery and has a knee-weakening romance that easily rivals that of Twilight." -- Los Angeles Times "In this debut fantasy, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likeable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "Katsa is an ideal adolescent heroine, simultaneously confident of her strengths yet unsure of her place in the world. Every character is crafted with the same meticulous devotion to human comprehensibility, making the villain all the more appalling in his understated, twisted madness. In a tale filled with graphic violence and subtle heartbreak, gentle passion and savage kindness, matter-of-fact heroics and bleak beauty, no defeat is ever total and no triumph comes without cost. Grace-full, in every sense." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Intrigue, death, love, a little sex, and pitched battles create a sure winner for mature fantasy fans." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) "With a butt-kicking but emotionally vulnerable heroine, [Graceling] should appeal to fans of recent girl-power urban fantasies, as well as readers who've graduated from Tamora Pierce's Tortall series." -- The Horn Book "Cashore strikes a strong balance between adventure, drama and romance--bloody battles and sexual tension co-exist in equal measure--and Katsa's combination of pride in her unique talents and vulnerability in her self-doubts make her a strongly sympathetic character. Readers will identify closely with this young woman, whose coming of age also involves coming to terms with a talent that is both a blessing and a curse." -- BookPage "The teenage characters in this novel, like those we may know in life, grow into their graces. They realize that their monstrous individuality is not so monstrous after all." -- New York Times Book Review "Here's a WOW of a book! Seeing half-wild Katsa learn humanity as she battles soldiers, storms, and her own obsessive nature--I HAD to know how it ended!" -- Tamora Pierce, author of New York Times bestseller Bloodhound, "This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled."-- School Library Journal (starred review), «"Katsa is an ideal adolescent heroine, simultaneously confident of her strengths yet unsure of her place in the world. . . . In a tale filled with graphic violence and subtle heartbreak, gentle passion and savage kindness, matter-of-fact heroics and bleak beauty, no defeat is ever total and no triumph comes without cost. Grace-full, in every sense."  Kirkus Reviews, starred review ( 9/01/08)
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2008
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    I'm an avid reader and I love fantasy stories with a strong female lead, so someone recommended I buy Graceling. The book was one of those stories that you're sad to see end. The plot didn't exactly follow the girl meets boy, girl likes boy, girl and boy fight, girl and boy are together forever, plotline that so many other novels do. It was unique and kept me hooked. If you enjoy books by Tamora Pierce, you'll like this one.

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