Nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction Morris YA Debut AwardĪ Chicago Public Library Best of the Best BookĪ Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the YearĪ School Library Journal Best Book of the YearĪ Library Journal Best Young Adult Literature for Adults SelectionĪn ABA Top 10 Kids' Indie Next List Selection

Meet Seraphina's sister, Tess, in Rachel Hartman's brand new fantasy adventure, Tess of the Road. Some of the most interesting dragons I've read.-Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon

Will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini's Eragon series and Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown.- Entertainment Weekly ' lush, intricately plotted fantasy.'- The Washington Post Beautifully written. and its discovery could mean her very life. As the two uncover a sinister plot to destroy the wavering peace of the kingdom, Seraphina's struggle to protect her secret becomes increasingly difficult. Seraphina guards her true self with all of her being, but when a member of the royal family is brutally murdered, she's suddenly thrust into the spotlight, drawn into the investigation alongside the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian. Hers is a world where dragons and humans live and work side by side-but below the surface, tensions and hostilities are on the rise. Seraphina is a half-dragon, descended from a dragon mother who took human form and a father who has no particular fondness for Seraphina's kind. Rachel Hartman's award-winning debut will have you looking at dragons as you've never imagined them before. About the Book In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.īook Synopsis Lyrical, imaginative, and wholly original, this New York Times bestseller with 8 starred reviews is not to be missed.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman