| Tess of the Road Contributor(s): Hartman, Rachel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1101931280 ISBN-13: 9781101931288 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - General - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Medieval |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016041764 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (1.40 lbs) 544 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 195164 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Award-winning Rachel Hartman's newest YA is a tour de force and an exquisite fantasy for the #metoo movement. Tess of the Road is astonishing and perfect. It's the most compassionate book I've read since George Eliot's Middlemarch. --NPR In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is none of these things. Tess is. . . different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. What she's done is so disgraceful, she can't even allow herself to think of it. Unfortunately, the past cannot be ignored. So Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. But on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running away, she's running towards something. What that something is, she doesn't know. Tess just knows that the open road is a map to somewhere else--a life where she might belong. Returning to the spellbinding world of the Southlands she created in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling novel Seraphina, Rachel Hartman explores self-reliance and redemption in this wholly original fantasy. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * BOSTON GLOBE * The Chicago Public Library * KIRKUS REVIEWS Four starred reviews The world building is gorgeous, the creatures are vivid and Hartman is a masterful storyteller. Pick up this novel, and savor every page. --Paste Magazine |