Niki Smith
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The Deep & Dark Blue -- Niki Smith - Paperback
The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel.
After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl.
This title will be simultaneously available in hardcover.
Author: Niki Smith
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780316486019
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511503 / Deep & Dark Blue
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/11/2019 pg. 101
Booklist 11/15/2019 pg. 39
School Library Journal 11/22/2019 pg. 1
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2020
After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl.
This title will be simultaneously available in hardcover.
Author: Niki Smith
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780316486019
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511503 / Deep & Dark Blue
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/11/2019 pg. 101
Booklist 11/15/2019 pg. 39
School Library Journal 11/22/2019 pg. 1
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2020
About the Author
Niki Smith is a cartoonist based out of Munich. She is a Lambda Literary Award-nomindated author for Crossplay, has been digitally published by DC Comics and The Nib, and has contributed to the Lambda Literary Award-winning Beyond anthology. This is her debut middle grade novel.