They both have pasts they want to leave behind. On the first day of senior year, transgender boy Pony locks eyes with cisgender cheerleader Georgia. Annie and Lee are light skinned secondary characters are diverse, and race is a nonissue in this world.įull of drama, emotional turmoil, and high stakes.Ī transgender boy starting over at a new school falls hard for a popular cheerleader with a reputation to protect in this debut. The world is well fleshed out and believable. Choices are complex, and the consequences for all could be deadly. What keeps them invested, however, are the complex relationships between many cast members. From the beginning, this book pulls readers in with political intrigue and action. Everyone will have to make a choice: Restore the old regime, support the First Protector and the new caste system he created, or look for a new way, no matter what the cost. However, not only is Lee competing against Annie, but rumors are circulating that some of the royal family have survived and have dragons of their own. Their dragons are finally mature enough for them to compete for Firstrider, a position of power that can give Lee back a small part of what his family lost. Nine years later, a new generation of dragonriders is emerging, children selected and trained on merit, not bloodlines. For too long the dragonriders held all the power while their people starved and lived in fear. What happens to the world after the dust from a revolution has settled?įriends Annie and Lee were children from very different circles when Atreus killed Lee’s father, dragonlord Leon Stormscourge, ending the uprising on the bloodiest day in Callipolis’ history. All characters are cued as English or Scottish and white. The quick pace, daring rescues, and, of course, plenty of archery will keep the pages turning. With a strong and appealing female lead and the younger generation of Merry Men at the center of this novel, readers will be engaged and excited by this new look at a familiar story. But donning the Lincoln greens of the Merry Men won’t fix everything. Thanks to old grudges and politics, she was born with a target on her back, and all she can do now is to put on a brave front, as her mother always advises her, and find a way to save them all. Each step on Isabelle’s path to Sherwood Forest reveals to readers a bit more of her history, painting a clearer picture of where she came from and what she is up against. But in defense of her village she shot a soldier, and now she needs the help of a man she has never met: her father, Robin Hood.
Up until now, her life as the daughter of the prioress, Marien, has been relatively quiet. Isabelle knows little of life outside the priory of Kirklees.
With one loosed arrow, Isabelle finds herself fleeing the only life she has ever known to search for the one person who can help her and save her mother.
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