Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell

Shadowblack by Sebastien de CastellThe second book in the page turning Spellslinger series for all teen, YA, adult and fantasy readers. It's a few months since Kellen left his people behind. Now aged sixteen, Kellen is an outlaw, relying on his wits to keep him alive in the land of the Seven Sands. He misses home, he misses family and more than anything, he misses Nephenia, the girl he left behind. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and who carries a secret

In the struggle for women's equality

with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean

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Against a backdrop of looming Islamic fundamentalism

join the movement

Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past

entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there

is one of the finest creations in comic literature

to a kidnapping in the Opium War

and mild violence

Her heartfelt advice and wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal ‘housewife and mother’) give her a wide appeal

and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike