The Foretelling (Paperback)
| Author: Alice Hoffman |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0316154091
ISBN-13: 9780316154093
Sku: 202589323
Publish Date: 9/6/2006
Pages:
182
Age Range:
16 to 21
| Growing up the daughter of an Amazon queen who shuns her, Rain rebels against the ways of her tribe through her sister-like relationship with Io and her feelings for a boy from a tribe of wanderers. Reprint. *Author: Hoffman, Alice *Publication Date: 2006/09/06 *Number of Pages: 182 *Binding Type: Paperback *Grade Level: 10-12 *Language: English *Depth: 0.75 *Width: 4.75 *Height: 8.00 |
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Growing up the daughter of an Amazon queen who shuns her, Rain rebels against the ways of her tribe through her sister-like relationship with Io and her feelings for a boy from a tribe of wanderers. Reprint.A coming-of-age story that pierces the soul and heals the spirit, this is the tale of the future leader of the Amazon women warriors. Rain must hold fast to her inner warrior, but she is startled and mystified by the first stirrings of mercy towards the enemy.Growing up the daughter of an Amazon queen who shuns her, Rain rebels against the ways of her tribe through her sister-like relationship with Io and her feelings for a boy from a tribe of wanderers. |
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In this powerful, mystical young adult novel imbued with magical underpinnings, teenage Rain finds that her own path diverges from what her fierce Amazon tribe expects of her. A tribe of powerful warrior women who ride horses and keep bees on the steppes near the Black Sea, the Amazons must often defend their territory, and battle is a way of life. For Alina, the forceful queen, her yellow-eyed daughter is the living memory of a brutal rape, and she cannot bear to look at Rain, much less raise her. While Rain is groomed to be the next queen by priestesses and warriors, she struggles with a prophecy she fears and longs to change. Rain's stormy and wild coming-of-age story will speak to teens everywhere.
In this powerful, mystical young adult novel imbued with magical underpinnings, teenage Rain finds that her own path diverges from what her fierce Amazon tribe expects of her. A tribe of powerful warrior women who ride horses and keep bees on the steppes near the Black Sea, the Amazons must often defend their territory, and battle is a way of life. For Alina, the forceful queen, her yellow-eyed daughter is the living memory of a brutal rape, and she cannot bear to look at Rain, much less raise her. While Rain is groomed to be the next queen by priestesses and warriors, she struggles with a prophecy she fears and longs to change. Rain's stormy and wild coming-of-age story will speak to teens everywhere.
Author Bio
Alice Hoffman
Hoffman is the daughter of a real estate salesman and a social worker. When they divorced, she was raised by her mother on Long Island. A voracious reader, Hoffman has had a lifelong interest in magic and fairy tales, and her reading has had an obvious effect on her own writing, which tends to incorporate fantasy and myth. She has a B.A. from Adelphi College and an M.F.A. from Stanford.
Praise
Publishers Weekly
"In this alluring novel, Hoffman...evokes the pure, strong emotions of women in an Amazon tribe, through the poetic narrative of their heir-to-the-throne...[Her] prose eloquently expresses the beliefs and rituals of a lost civilization and offers a sympathetic portrait of a young leader who chooses kindness over cruelty." 08/08/2005 Kirkus Reviews
"Artfully structured to track Rain's spiritual quest from youthful warrior to queen, the story effectively incorporates elements of a primal, nature-based culture." 08/01/2005
"In this alluring novel, Hoffman...evokes the pure, strong emotions of women in an Amazon tribe, through the poetic narrative of their heir-to-the-throne...[Her] prose eloquently expresses the beliefs and rituals of a lost civilization and offers a sympathetic portrait of a young leader who chooses kindness over cruelty." 08/08/2005 Kirkus Reviews
"Artfully structured to track Rain's spiritual quest from youthful warrior to queen, the story effectively incorporates elements of a primal, nature-based culture." 08/01/2005
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