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Real Adriatic Store - Graceling
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List Price: $17.00
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Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780152063962
ISBN: 015206396X
Label: Harcourt Children's Books
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Harcourt Children's Books
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Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight--she's a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king's thug. When she first meets Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace--or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone. With elegant, evocative prose and a cast of unforgettable characters, debut author Kristin Cashore creates a mesmerizing world, a death-defying adventure, and a heart-racing romance that will consume you, hold you captive, and leave you wanting more.
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Summary: Gripping Seething 4 more
Comment: I had gotten this book on Chrismas day, I started reading on the way to our ski vacation and once the lifts close not much is happening I had decided to start it and it wasn't very interesting until the 3rd or 4th chapters but once it too off and almost never slowed down.
The characters seemed realistic, during Po and Katsa's training sessions it actually feels like they are telling you the story themselves. A couple of bits of romance keep it realistic between higher aged teens rather than little kids on an adventure it had added some reality to the whole thing.
once I got started it was hard to put down, I had stayed up late into the night reading and got up early which I payed for the next day (a fair sacrafice)
A must-read I'll definately will recommend to my friends and is currently my favorite book. :D
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Summary: A New World to Discover...
Comment: Summary: Graceling is about a teenage girl named Katsa. She lives in a world, where people are born with amazing gift. They can climb trees, have super strength, automatic knowledge of weather, and many other graces. Graces are born with two very different eye colors. Katsa is one them. She killed a cousin when she was 8, causing her to become a henchwomen for her uncle, King Randa of Middlun. She also runs The Council with the help of her friends, that tries to put justice and fairness into the 7 nations. She meets a stranger, named Po, who is also graced. He is the first one to challenge her and they embark on an amazing journey.
My Review: I though it was a very well written. I like the characters, they were very in depth. I think it was an excellent first novel. The ending did surprise me, but it was still pretty amazing. I am looking forward to the prequel, Fire and Book 3.
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Summary: Strong Heroine, Gorgeous Writing, A Good Follow-Up
Comment: As a new lover of The Hunger Games, I decided to try out Graceling because it is always heavily advertised with THG and I was looking for something new to read because I was going through just-finished-a-spectacular-life-changing-book-that-people-are-now-calling-out-but-I-don't-care-because-it-is-the-best-book-I've-ever-read-and-there-are-only-a-few-plots-in-the-world-so-deal-with-it-doomsayers syndrome. Graceling wasn't as good as THG, but it certainly was magnificent and beautiful in its own right, with plot turns that kept me going.
Katsa is a Graceling, and is equipped with a Grace of killing. Although in some circumstances this could be an upside, Katsa had grown to loathe it, mostly because her uncle, King Randa, uses her as a punishing machine for the kingdom. On a special mission Katsa meets a mysterious man, who changes her life forever by making her face the truth of her Grace and how she has her own power over it.
The beginning was really hard to get into, but once the plot got rolling at about page 70 it all turned out well. Katsa is a strong heroine, which I admire, and Po was a darling. It had a lot of action and adventure, and I loved Bitterbell. The only complaints I have is how it seemed very distant, the writing. I think it would be even better if it was 1st person. I also didn't think that King Leck had to be a raving maniac, but it didn't affect me too much. Overall though I was very pleased with the gorgeous prose and storyline. A good follow-up to the butt-kicking heroine spectrum. I just need more books like this...
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Summary: Exceptional
Comment: Fast paced, engrossing, refreshing, unique. The concept of magic as a Grace is unusual, and creates a "thinker" of an action novel. Along the lines of Tamora Pierce or Mercedes Lackey in the scope of the action, with a Turtledove-like or Stirling-like ability to make you think of the consequences of the characters' talents long after you're done reading. Fantastic, I can't recommend it highly enough. YA fantasy at its best.
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Summary: One of my favorites
Comment: At first I had doubts about this book. Didn't know if it was worth the effort reading it but I bought it anyways and I don't regret it.
Kristin Cashore first book takes us to a time and place where kingdoms rule. All over the seven kingdoms there are people with gifts, or grace, some extraordinary, some not to much. But the ones who are, are taken to the king to serve them. They'll know if they have a grace just by looking in their eyes, if they are different colors then they're graced.
Katsa, the main character, found out by the age of eight her grace was killing. She was the king's niece and was trained to use her grace rightfully and serve the king. However, she did not like doing was she was told to do: killing and hurting. And that's how she and others close to her decided to do things on their own behind the king's back, and save people and do well. It was in one of those missions when she met Po, a graced young prince who was in the middle of the same mission as her, with fighting skills it's hard for her to bring him down, something that usually takes her a second to do with other people. She did not judges him at first, but as time passes, she learns they have more in common than she thought, but finds a truth that makes her sad, angry and dissapointed. As their friendship grows they discover together there's more to her grace than just killing, and can't help falling in love, and fighting for their lives and other people.
I won't give out much. But I recomend it.
This is a book I would gladly read more than once!
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