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Tithe / Holly Black.
Fierce and independent, Kaye drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band. When an ominous attack forces them back to Kaye's childhood home, she stumbles upon an injured faerie knight in the woods. Kaye has always been able to see faeries where others could not, and she chooses to save the strange young man instead of leaving him to die. This fateful choice will have more dire consequences than she could ever predict. Now Kaye finds herself the unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms-- a struggle that could very well mean her death. -- adapted from back cover
Record details
- ISBN: 9781534484504 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1534484507
- ISBN: 9781534484511 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1534484515
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Margaret K. McElderry Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020.
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| Target Audience Note: | Grades 10-12. Margaret K. McElderry Books. |
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| Subject: | Supernatural > Fiction. Fairies > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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- 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | YA BLACK H (Text) | 33126026081087 | YA Fiction | Checked out | 04/29/2024 |
| Erlanger Branch | YA BLACK H (Text) | 33126024886867 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | YA BLACK H (Text) | 33126026081079 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2002 October
Gr 9 Up-Kaye is 16 when she finally learns why she's such a strange young woman: she's a changeling pixie under a spell. A move home to the New Jersey shore brings her back in touch with her childhood friends, the solitary fey, who want to end their servitude to the higher-born faeries by foiling the sacrifice of human blood known as the Tithe. Kaye offers to masquerade as a human for the Tithe and is swept into a complicated net of politics and treason between two rival courts of faeries. Grim scenes from Kaye's life in the human world pile up at the beginning of the story in what initially seems a gratuitous manner (her mother is almost stabbed by her current boyfriend, Kaye steals for thrills, a new acquaintance tries to rape her), but the details all have explanations later on in the equally grim world of the faeries. The plot moves quickly, and the secondary characters are appealing, if not always entirely believable. Occasional awkward changes in point of view won't discourage readers who enjoy dark, edgy fantasy. However, the excessive use of obscenities adds little to character development. Thegreatest strength of the story lies in the settings, particularly the descriptions of the debased Unseelie Court.-Beth Wright, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.