Kristin Cashore

There Is a Door in This Darkness -- Kristin Cashore, Hardcover

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A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm novels.

Wilhelmina Hart is part of the infamous class of 2020. Her high school years began with a shocking presidential election and ended with a pandemic. In the midst of this global turmoil, she also lost one of her beloved aunts, a loss she still feels keenly. Having deferred college, Wilhelmina now lives in a limbo she can see no way out of, like so many of her peers. Wilhelmina's personal darkness would be unbearable (especially with another monumental election looming) but for the inexplicable and seemingly magical clues that have begun to intrude on her life--flashes of bizarre, ecstatic whimsy that seem to add up to a message she can't quite grasp. But something tells her she should follow their lead. Maybe a trail of elephants, birds, angels, and stale doughnuts will lead Wilhelmina to a door?

Author: Kristin Cashore
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/11/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780803739994
Age Range: 12-UP

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2024
Booklist 04/15/2024 pg. 51

About the Author
Kristin Cashore grew up in the northeast Pennsylvania countryside as the second of four daughters. She received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, and she has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, a legal assistant, and a freelance writer. She has lived in many places (including Sydney, New York City, Boston, London, Austin, and Jacksonville, Florida), and she currently lives in the Boston area. Her epic fantasy novels set in the Graceling Realm--Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue--have won many awards and much high praise, including picks as ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editors Choice, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. In addition, Graceling was shortlisted for the William C. Morris Debut Award and Fire is an Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner.

Product Tags:

Coming of Age, Death/ Grief/ Bereavement, Dutton Books for Young Readers, Friendship, Grades 6-8, Hardcover, High School, Kristin Cashore, Magic, Social Themes, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction

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