Sacred Scars
By Kathleen Duey; Sheila Rayyan (Illustrator)
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 9780689840951, 560pp.)
Publication Date: August 4, 2009
Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse
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In the second volume of this powerful trilogy, Somiss, exiled and desperate, hoards the magic he is recovering from ancient documents while Sadima and Franklin struggle to contain his egomaniacal ambitions by secretly recording the magic, hoping to share it with humankind. Generations later, Hahp and Gerrard, students at Somiss’s brutal academy, endure the painful ordeals used to “teach” magic. Their tenuous pact, forged to survive, falters as they plot to destry Somiss, the school . . . and set magic free.
Kathleen Duey's works include the middle grade series American Diaries and Survival, and the well-reviewed chapter book series The Unicorn's Secret, with a companion series, The Faeries' Promise, launching in Summer 2010 on the Aladdin list. She lives in Fallbrook, California.
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