{"product_id":"9780804179034","title":"Uprooted","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2015 Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel\u003cbr\u003e  2016 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaomi Novik, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Every so often you come upon a story that seems like a lost tale of Grimm newly come to light. \u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e is such a novel. Its narrative spell is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching.”—Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Egg \u0026amp; Spoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—\u003ci\u003eeveryone\u003c\/i\u003e knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“The magic in \u003ci\u003eUprooted, \u003c\/i\u003ewith its realistic moral dimension, is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells. But the book will do that for you.”\u003cb\u003e—Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning and bestselling author of The Earthsea cycle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e has everything I love: a great heroine, new takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns. A delight.”\u003cb\u003e—Cassandra Clare, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Magical and practical, otherworldly and planted in the real, I could \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e stop reading this book and neither will you!”\u003cb\u003e—Tamora Pierce, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrickster’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrickster’s Queen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Wild, thrilling, and deeply, darkly magical. An instant classic.”\u003cb\u003e—Lev Grossman, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Magicians Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those tales you come back to over and over again because it’s just that enchanting. The adventure builds with such tension that you are peeking through your hands at the end, hoping it will all be okay, and Naomi Novik delivers a conclusion that’s deeply satisfying, earning a permanent space on my bookshelf that I’ll revisit often.”\u003cb\u003e—Kevin Hearne, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eShattered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Reading \u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e was like rediscovering a favorite old sweater, familiar and beloved. It feels as if it has always existed and has been waiting patiently for me to return to it.”\u003cb\u003e—Maggie Stiefvater, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007718146288,"sku":"9780804179034","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804179034_p0.jpg?v=1763737954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804179034","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}