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The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged. She is inspired by nature and real-life experiences. While this is often adventurous and exciting, we're all vulnerable to a host of human feelings in the midst of the new and unfamiliar. She has a Doctorate in Education from Argosy University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Carlow University, and a MAT from Chatham University. Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Winner of the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2016. Agnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing, for she's everything Agnieszka is not - beautiful, graceful and brave.
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M
The actual book itself I highly recommend. Magic has unnaturally extended the Dragon's life.
Lauren Carey
Adding heat to their friction, she insists on ignoring his orders in order to serve her people, putting them all into worse danger. Despite epic battles that are choreographed to small details, the novel has an anti-war theme. Each chapter has its own little peak of excitement & ends on a cliffhanger that draws you into he next chapter.
Caroline R.
It wasn't a typical "beauty" meets "beast". His lessons result in a clash between his formal recitation of memorized spells and Agnieszka's spontaneous channeling of the enigmatic Slavic witch of old legend, Baba Yaga.
WitchyWoo
Agnieszka can not imagine leaving her family and friends, her home. I felt like both characters at first seemed to be opposite, like she was more beast, and "The Dragon" was the beauty. A first generation American, Naomi Novik grew up listening to traditional Polish folk tales. The Wood, however, provides most of the antagonism, and acts as malevolent as any character seen in a psychological horror novel.
Nat
My copy was a hardback version from the charity shop. Although I read a digital version of Uprooted, it felt more like I was reading a dusty leather bond book with gilt lettering and the comforting smell of yellow pages. It explores unseen motives, their big and small effects, and puts a new spin on the old adage, “there’s no place like home,” and the internal pull that has within all of us— but with a twist.
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