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Author:

Chewins, Hayley, author.

Title:

The turnaway girls / Hayley Chewins.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

258 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Music--Juvenile fiction.
Gold--Juvenile fiction.
Singing--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Abuse of--Juvenile fiction.
Sex discrimination--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Summary:

"Twelve-year-old Delphernia Undersea has spent her whole life in the cloister, hidden from sea and sky by a dome of stone and the laws of Blightsend. Outside, the Masters - all boys and men - play music. Inside, the turnaway girls silently, silently make that music into gold. Making shimmers, Mother Nine calls it. But Delphernia can't make shimmer. She would rather sing that stay silent. When a Master who doesn't act like a Master comes to the skydoor, it's a chance for Delphernia to leave the cloister. Outside the stone dome, the sea breathes like a wind beast, the sky watches with stars like eyes, and even the gardens have claws. Outside, Delphernia is caught between the island's silent Custodian and its ominous Childer-Queen. Outside, there is a poem-speaking prince and a girl who makes Delphernia think of freedom. Delphernia doesn't know how to be free in Blightsend. Blightsend can't be free without her."-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0763697923
9780763697921

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1020310890

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)