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Girls of paper and fire

Part of the Girls of Paper and Fire series
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The mesmerising New York Times bestseller!Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king.

It's the highest honour they could hope for . . . and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire. 'A timely reminder that, in the right hands, the fantasy genre has things to say about injustice and abuse of power in the real world' GuardianLei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara.

Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown.

Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after - the girl with the golden eyes, whose rumoured beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit a king's consort.

There, Lei does the unthinkable - she falls in love.

Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life.

Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

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Hodder Paperback
1473692202 / 9781473692206
Paperback / softback
823.92
11/07/2019
United Kingdom
English
viii, 383 pages : map (black and white)
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018.