Product Details
Simon Pulse, October 2003
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0689864388
ISBN-13: 9780689864384
Grades: 7 - 7
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Awards and Nominations
- ALA Best Books For Young Adults
Description
Two Women
Elske -- a girl with no future, until her grandmother's sacrifice saves her from certain death
Beriel -- an imperious princess, determined to claim the kingdom that is her birthright
Fate brings them together, both exiles, one servant to the other. To Beriel, the mistress, Elske offers steadfast loyalty and courage -- hard to come by in her dangerous quest to regain the throne she has been denied by treachery. To Elske, the handmaiden, Beriel's proud example provides a perhaps even more precious gift -- the strength to find her true self.
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