The Wrath & the Dawn -- Renée Ahdieh, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller

A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights

Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she's falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.

She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.

*The book is a Rough Cut Edition (pages are deliberately not the same length).*

Author: Renée Ahdieh
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/12/2015
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780399171611
Age Range: 12-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 174059 / Wrath & the Dawn

Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Romantic Times 05/01/2015 pg. 54 - Excellent
School Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 158
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2015
Booklist 04/15/2015 pg. 48
Shelf Awareness 05/15/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2015
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 60
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 108 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author

Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds.

She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and their tiny overlord of a dog. The Wrath and the Dawn is her debut.