The Green Ember
This is on my TBR list because it's been highly recommended. From Sarah Mackenzie: "I don't usually tell people that there is a book they absolutely-must-no-questions-HAVE-TO-without-a-doubt read.... If I could choose only one book for my kids to read this year, this would be it."
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Sarah Mackenzie, of The Read-Aloud Revival says, "<em>The Black Star of Kingston</em> is a book I'll be shouting about from the rooftops..." From the publisher: "A displaced community fights for hope on the ragged edge of survival. Whitson Mariner and Fleck Blackstar face old fears and new enemies, forging a legend that will echo through the ages. Old wars haunt. New enemies threaten. An oath is born. A hero rises."
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