Shadow and Bone by Bardugo, Leigh

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Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold--a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.

Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite--and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.

As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation.

Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

Praise for the Grishaverse

"A master of fantasy." --The Huffington Post
"Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian

Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780805094596
Age Range: 12-18

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 151863 / Shadow and Bone

Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Truman Readers Award - Nominee
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2012 pg. 138
Booklist 05/15/2012 pg. 64
Romantic Times 07/01/2012 pg. 48 - Excellent
School Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 108
Shelf Awareness 06/08/2012
New York Times Book Review 06/17/2012 pg. 19
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2012
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2012 pg. 106
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 274 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 88 - Superior,Well Above Average
Entertainment Weekly 09/28/2012 pg. 18

About the Author
Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Ninth House series and the creator of the Grishaverse, which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy (now a Netflix series), the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology--and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.