Skin Hunger (2007 National Book Award Finalist)
by K.C.
When her bitter father dies, Sadima, a young woman who can communicate with animals, keeps house for two renegade magicians at a time when magic has been outlawed. Her experiences, which include learning to read and falling in love, alternate with those of Hahp, born generations after Sadima. Exiled by his wealthy, disapproving father, he attends a school of wizardry where, among other unpleasantness, students are starved to death if they can't conjure up food. (Diana Tixier Herald, Booklist)
Skin Hunger: Resurrection of Magic is the first of a dark, complex, and completely compelling trilogy.
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