The Girl of Fire and Thorns

"Rae Carson has proved she's a master and has shaken up the YA genre."--USAToday.com

The first book in Rae Carson's award-winning and New York Times-bestselling trilogy The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a sweeping journey full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. Fans of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones and Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse will devour this fantasy series.

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.

Elisa is the chosen one. But she has always felt powerless, useless. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king--a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he's not the only one who seeks her. Fierce enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn't die young. Most of the chosen do.

William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten Pick

Andre Norton Award Finalist

A Texas Tayshas Selection

Ohioana Book Award YA winner

Don't miss The Empire of Dreams, Rae Carson's action-packed return to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns

Author: Rae Carson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 09/20/2011
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780062026484
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 147890 / Girl of Fire and Thorns


Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Truman Readers Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 98
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2011
Booklist 10/01/2011 pg. 86
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2011
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2011 pg. 507 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Shelf Awareness 11/29/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 92 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Carson, Rae: -

Rae Carson is the author of two bestselling and award-winning trilogies. Her debut, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, was named a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Andre Norton Award finalist. Walk on Earth a Stranger was longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award and won the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Her books tend to contain adventure, magic, and smart girls who make (mostly) smart choices. Originally from California, Rae Carson now lives in Arizona with her husband. www.raecarson.com