Thorn

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Call Number: Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Khanani, Intisar
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Khanani, Intisar	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Khanani, Intisar	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Series information from Goodreads.
"If you were one of my early readers who found Thorn while it was independently published (2012-2017), you had a wonderful taster of this story. Since then, it's gone through four rounds of professional edition (holy smokes!), the middle of the book was replotted, and the story overall has grown by about 20,000 words."--Author's website, http://booksbyintisar.com/books/thorn
Thorn -- The bone knife.
To escape her cruel family and contemptuous court, fifteen-year-old Princess Alyrra is willing to marry Prince Kestrin but when she magically swaps lives with her nemesis, she may find happiness as a commoner.
When she is betrothed to the powerful prince Kestrin, Princess Alyrra embarks on a journey to his land with little hope of escaping the confines of her royal life. Then a terrifying sorceress robs Alyrra of both her identity and her role as princess. And Alyrra seizes the opportunity to start a new life for herself as a goose girl. The more she learns of prince Kestrin and his kingdom, the pain and suffering its people endure, as well as the danger facing Kestrin from the sorceress herself, Alyrra is caught between two worlds. She must decide who she is, and what she stands for. -- adapted from jacket

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Started strong submitted by trina05 on July 30, 2022, 9:50am You’re instantly attached to the main character. Her family is cruel while she is kind. But the story gets muddled, and the ending feels forced…maybe because I know see it’s part of a series. Thorn finds that cruelty and violence exist everywhere and many of those with the power to stop it never bother

4/5 stars! submitted by Jess347 on June 30, 2023, 7:59pm really liked this book! I've read a lot of The Goose Girl retellings but I think I like this one the best. dialogue about 'what really is justice?' deals with the complexity of a flawed monarchy and also contains more nuance regarding her relationships with other people. also darker tone than the original story