{"product_id":"9780615743097","title":"Sarvet's Wanderyar","description":"\u003cp\u003eRunning away leads right back home-or does it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarvet walks with a grinding limp, and her mountain culture keeps girls close to home. Worse, her mother emphasizes all the things Sarvet can't do. No matter how gutsy her spirit or bold her defiance, staying put means growing weaker. Yet only boys get wanderyars. Lacking their supplies and training, how can Sarvet escape?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan dreams-even big dreams-and inner certainty transform impossible barricades into a way out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAUNIS CLAN SAGA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hammarleeding people dwell in the high mountain valleys of J.M. Ney-Grimm's North-lands. They wield a tribal magic born of dance and song and the flow of sacred waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRitual and tradition hold a special place in Hammarleeding culture. Their rites are beautiful and uplifting, but they underpin a way of life that features many thou-shalt-nots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each story of the Kaunis Clan Saga, one woman-or one man-challenges the shibboleths that threaten her-or his-particular bright dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarvet's Wanderyar (1)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrossing the Naiad (2)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLivli's Gift (3)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter Glory (4)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach installment presents a unique protagonist from a fresh generation of the family. The stories stand alone and need not be read in order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSARVET'S WANDERYAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...great introduction to the Hammarleeding's society that left me craving more. Sarvet is a wonderfully strong female character...\" -P. Saternye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...it's an entrancing story with a character you care about, and desperately want to succeed...\" -James J. Parsons, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking to the Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"J.M. Ney-Grimm has woven a beautiful, multi-layered tapestry... All the characters, human and otherwise, in her world are well-rounded and believable.\" -Barbara Karp, \u003ci\u003eReaders' Favorite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXCERPT FROM \u003ci\u003eSARVET'S WANDERYAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTense and furious, Sarvet shook her mother's angry grip from her forearm. \"I'll petition the lodge-meet for filial severance,\" she snapped, and then wished she'd swallowed the words, so hateful, too hateful to speak. And yet she'd spoken them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe breeze swirling on the mountain slope picked up, nudging the springy branches of the three great pines at Sarvet's back and purring among their needles. Their scent infused the moving air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaiam's narrowed eyes widened an instant-in hurt?-flicked up to encompass the swaying tree tops behind her daughter, then went flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You dare!\" she breathed. \"You're \u003ci\u003emy\u003c\/i\u003e daughter. Mine alone. And I'll see to it that you and every other mother in the lodge knows it too. You'll stay under my aegis till you're grown, young sister, even if I must declare you careless and remiss to do it!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarvet only thought she'd been mad before. \"You never wanted me!\" she accused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it true? Or was she just aiming for Paiam's greatest vulnerability, aiming to hurt? Because under her own rage lay . . . desperation. Something needed to change. She just didn't know what, didn't know how. And didn't want to be facing it right now, facing her mother right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Ney-Grimm lives with her husband and children in Virginia, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She's learning about permaculture gardening and debunking popular myths about food. The rest of the time she reads Robin McKinley, Diana Wynne Jones, and Lois McMaster Bujold, plays boardgames like \u003ci\u003eSettlers of Catan,\u003c\/i\u003e rears her twins, and writes stories set in her troll-infested North-lands. Look for her novels and novellas at your favorite bookstore-online or on Main Street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wild Unicorn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027215892720,"sku":"9780615743097","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615743097_p0.jpg?v=1763599855","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615743097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}