Bücher von Andrea Wilson

YA Fantasy Fiction Escape into a magical world of sword and sorcery, where fae and ancient magic must dwell in shadows, hidden from those who desire their power while a mad king ravages the land.Eliza didn't know why she was locked away in a tower stretching high above Bardoria. She didn't know who resided in the other spires that were piercing the Bardorian skyline. All she knew was that once she was proven to be a human, she would finally be released. Free to have a caring family and see the wonders of the outside world. But fate had other plans. And on the brink of her fourteenth winter, hardly a week after her first moon cycle, the tower door burst open and threw her life into chaos. Suddenly thrust into an unknown world, where everything she knew was a lie, Eliza must grapple with the undeniable truth that she is what she was raised to despise - A magic-user, a daughter of the moon, a whisperer. Now, Eliza will have to overcome her inner turmoil and discover her true strength as she travels and trains alongside the other Winter Daughters as they prepare to fight the burgeoning Bardorian army and embrace the ancient prophecy of the Midnight Daughter.

Untold stories from the American heartland of living between two worlds At six years old, Antonia Rivera crossed the border from Mexico with nothing but the doll in her hands. Ajla Dizdarevi¿'s family brought traditions across an ocean after leaving a home torn apart by the Bosnian War. Sarah Elgatian's grandmother played cards and spoke of a country her Armenian-American grandchild had never known. Hieu Pham couldn't relate to all of her mother's Vietnamese traditions, but when she became a mother herself, everything changed. Rana Hewezi grappled with tragedy in her Egyptian family's past and the power of a name in determining her fate. Anthony Mielke couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to his birth story than he had been told. A member of the Meskwaki Nation, Dawson Davenport was born into a world that was not told in the history books.How do we make our way in a society that looks nothing like the one our families once knew? How do we find a sense of belonging in a past and a place we've never been, or in a world that feels as if it's changing faster than we are?These seven stories take us on a ride through the heart and the moral conscience as they explore how we find identity and make a future in an America that is still deciding on its own. "...In the quest of all people to find freedom, it is heartening that Antonia and others can find a home in Iowa, which has not forgotten its own immigrant story." -Art Cullen, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author of Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper