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Chime

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Published on Apr 12, 2012 | 384 Pages

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A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A secluded village holds a dark secret, known only to the few who dare to speak of it.

“Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love.”—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

“Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review

“Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Briony has a secret.

It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister’s mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know.

Briony is a witch. And she can see the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes surrounding their town—the Dark Muse, the Reed Spirits, Mucky Face, the Wythes. She is the only one who can, besides the Chime Child who sentences witches to death. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change. . . .

“Moving, creepy, intense, sensual, and absolutely exquisitely written.”—Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling and Printz Award–winning author

“Romantic, mysterious, and wildly inventive.”—New York Times bestselling author, Nancy Werlin

“Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love.”—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

“Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review

“Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

“Extraordinary and moving.”—BCCB, starred review

SELECTION 2011 Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice

SELECTION 2011 Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books

SELECTION 2012 Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year

SELECTION 2011 Horn Book Fanfare

SELECTION 2011 Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

SELECTION 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year

SELECTION 2011 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

SELECTION 2012 TAYSHAS Reading List

SELECTION 2012 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults

FINALIST 2011 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

HONOR 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature

ISBN9780142420928

Published onApr 12, 2012

Published bySpeak

Pages384

Dimensions5-1/2 x 8-1/4

Age Range12 and up

GradeGrade 7 & Up

Author

Franny Billingsley

Franny Billingsley’s books owe their images and rhythms to the songs her father sang – two songs every night, unless she chose a Scottish ballad with more than thirty verses. Than he’d sing only one song because he was faithful to every word and had four other kids waiting. Now Franny sings to her own two kids, and she reminds herself of the great gift her father gave her whenever she’s tempted to skip a verse. She lives in Chicago with her family and works as a children’s bookseller.

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