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The Cruel Prince Hardback - 2018

by Holly Black

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From #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Black cones the first book in The Folk of the Air, a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.

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By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.

Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

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  • Title The Cruel Prince
  • Author Holly Black
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date 2018-01-02
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9780316310277 / 0316310271
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.81 cm)
  • Age range 14 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 12
  • Reading level 760
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Brothers and sisters
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016049232
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2017, Page 50
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2018, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2018, Page 72
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2018, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2017, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/16/2017, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2017, Page 104
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/05/2018, Page 0
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 02/01/2018, Page 0

About the author

Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy books, including the novels of Elfhame, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Spiderwick Chronicles, her adult debut, Book of Night, as well as an Arthurian picture book called Sir Morien. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into thirty-two languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library. She invites you to visit her online at blackholly.com.
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