The Marked Girl - Softcover

Klingele, Lindsey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062380346 ISBN 13: 9780062380340

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2017

Synopsis

Worlds collide in Lindsey Klingele’s young adult novel The Marked Girl, an exciting fantasy tale turned upside down.

Elissa Sussman, author of Stray, calls The Marked Girl “a magical debut with a big heart.”

When Cedric, crowned prince of Caelum, and his fellow royal friends (including his betrothed, Kat) find themselves stranded in modern-day L.A. via a magical portal and an evil traitor named Malquin, all they want to do is get home to Caelum—soon. Then they meet Liv, a filmmaker foster girl who just wants to get out of the system and on with her life. As she and Cedric bond, they’ll discover that she’s more connected to his world than they ever could’ve imagined...and that finding home is no easy task...

The Marked Girl has humor, heart, and harrowing adventures, perfect for fantasy lovers and reluctant fantasy readers alike. The paperback includes a teaser to the sequel, The Broken World.

About this title

About the Author

Lindsey Klingele, author of The Marked Girl and its sequel, The Broken World, as well as The Truth Lies Here, was raised in Michigan and now lives in Los Angeles. She has worked in television, in addition to writing YA novels. You can visit her online at www.lindseyklingele.com.

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up—Filmmaker Liv is working on a summer project when three mysterious teens dressed in nightgowns and carrying a sword suddenly appear. After her prop sword gets switched with the teens' real one, Liv tries to get rid of it by donating it to a museum, only to spot one of the teens in a museum security shirt. Her interest sparked, she follows and gets pulled into their quest to get home. Prince Cedric; his lethal fiancée, Kat; and his snarky cousin Merek fled through a portal between worlds when the Wraths took over their country, Caelum. The only way to get back is by finding lost scrolls before the Wraths, who are hunting them, do—and unbeknownst to Liv, her life history holds the key. Debut novelist Klingele balances high-stakes action, plot twists, and comedic scenes of the trio learning about modern L.A., while keeping the plot rolling at a fairly quick pace. Liv is a strong main character who uses realistic self-defense when appropriate and has 911 on speed dial when she does something potentially dangerously stupid. Her background as a foster kid influences her reactions, and Klingele shows the various sides of the foster care system. Liv's caseworker, Joe, is one of the few people whom she really trusts, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been in a variety of homes and hasn't run away before. By contrast, the romantic aspects of the book aren't as strong, and the descriptions of Caelum sound like a generic medieval fantasy setting. The ending clearly indicates a sequel, where hopefully these issues will be rectified. VERDICT A solid purchase for libraries where action-packed titles and urban fantasy series are popular.—Rebecca Quinones, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062380346
• ISBN 13: 9780062380340
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416