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Chime

By Franny Billingsley

By Franny Billingsley

By Franny Billingsley

By Franny Billingsley

By Franny Billingsley
Read by Susan Duerden

By Franny Billingsley
Read by Susan Duerden

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Paperback $8.99

Apr 12, 2012 | ISBN 9780142420928 | Young Adult

Ebook $8.99

Mar 17, 2011 | ISBN 9781101476048 | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $20.00

Mar 22, 2011 | 613 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Chime

    “Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully-written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love.”—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

    Briony has a secret. It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister’s mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know. She has powers. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change . . .


    A National Book Award Finalist 

    ★ “Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review

    ★ “Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

    About Chime

    “Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully-written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love.”—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

    Briony has a secret. It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister’s mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know. She has powers. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change . . .


    A National Book Award Finalist 

    ★ “Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review

    ★ “Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

    About Chime

    “Romantic, mysterious, and wildly inventive. I adored every gorgeous word.”-Nancy Werlin, author of Impossible and Extraordinary
     
    Briony has a secret. She believes her secret killed her stepmother, destroyed her twin sister’s mind, and threatens all the children in the Swampsea. She yearns to be rid of her terrible secret, but risks being hanged if she tells a soul. That’s what happens to witches: They’re hanged by the neck until dead.

    Then Eldric arrives—Eldric with his golden mane and lion eyes and electric energy—and he refuses to believe anything dark about Briony. But he wonders what’s been buried beneath her self-hatred, hidden in Rose’s mangled thoughts, and whispered about by the Old Ones. And Briony wonders how Eldric can make her want to cry. 
    Especially when everyone knows that witches can’t cry.

    A wild, haunting mystery and romance that is as beautifully written as it is captivating.

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    About Franny Billingsley

    Franny Billingsley’s books owe their images and rhythms to the songs her father sang – two songs every night, unless she chose a Scottish ballad with more than thirty verses. Than he’d sing only one song because he was faithful… More about Franny Billingsley

    About Franny Billingsley

    Franny Billingsley’s books owe their images and rhythms to the songs her father sang – two songs every night, unless she chose a Scottish ballad with more than thirty verses. Than he’d sing only one song because he was faithful… More about Franny Billingsley

    About Franny Billingsley

    Franny Billingsley’s books owe their images and rhythms to the songs her father sang – two songs every night, unless she chose a Scottish ballad with more than thirty verses. Than he’d sing only one song because he was faithful… More about Franny Billingsley

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Speak
    Apr 12, 2012 | 384 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780142420928

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Speak
    Mar 17, 2011 | 320 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101476048

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Fantasy Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Mar 22, 2011 | 613 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307915207

    Praise

    A National Book Award Finalist

    “Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully-written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love.”—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

    ★ “A darkly beguiling fantasy.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    ★ “Billingsley takes the time to develop a layered narrative adorned with linguistic filigree—she is one of the great prose stylists of the field.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    ★ “Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review

    ★ “Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

    ★ “Extraordinary and moving.”—BCCB, starred review

    ★ “An entirely original concoction.”—The Horn Book, starred review

    Awards

    Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice SELECTION 2011

    Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books SELECTION 2011

    Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2012

    Horn Book Fanfare SELECTION 2011

    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year SELECTION 2011

    Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2011

    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year SELECTION 2011

    TAYSHAS Reading List SELECTION 2012

    YALSA Best Books for Young Adults SELECTION 2012

    National Book Award for Young People’s Literature FINALIST 2011

    Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature HONOR 2011

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