A lush and beautiful fantasy set in a world where music is magic and the fate of many thrones lies with one girlโฆ
โExcellent.โโBooklist
An Amazon #1 Children's Music Book at Release
Twelve-year-old Elissa has been raised in seclusion as a devotee of the Mother Goddess. She is a special child, a blessed child, a child who can sing miracles into being. Her voice can heal wounds, halt landslides, cure hungerโand even end wars.
But there are those who would use her gift for darker things. And when Elissa finds herself the farthest from home sheโs ever beenโalong with her vain and jealous music tutor, Lucioโshe will have to develop the judgment to decide who wants to use her song to healโฆ and who wants to use her song to hurt.
In this astonishing debutโperfect for music loversโCatherine Bakewell presents not only a wholly unique musical magic system, but a sumptuous baroque world filled with soaring basilicas, gilded palaces, dazzling food, and snow-piled wildernesses. It is a world both beautiful and treacherous, with a fiercely determined girl blazing brightly at its center. Can a lone voice change the world?
โSpellbinding.โโThe Horn Book
โBeguiling.โโPublishers Weekly
โUnique.โโBCCB
โCaptivating.โโSchool Library Connection
โEnthralling.โโYA Books Central
โAlluring.โโSchool Library Journal
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