After the accident, Meg would do anything to wake her best friend from his deadly coma. At least, that's what she whispered into the woodland shadows. She never imagined her wish would trap her in a gray other-earth, void of any color.
Meg's vibrant humanity is a priceless artifact in the gray kingdom, coveted by the royal court. All she wants to do is find a way back home. Until she discovers the other-earth contains healing powers that can save her friend. But only if Meg becomes what the gray people need—a human bride for Kalmus, the powerful king of the capital city.
With her heart torn between earths, Meg's choices may cost more than she knows.
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October 10, 2023 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781645557319
- File size: 350939 KB
- Duration: 12:11:07
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- English
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Publisher's Weekly
June 26, 2023
After her best friend and crush, Andrew, falls into a coma following a hiking incident, 17-year-old Meg returns to the woods where it happened. There, she encounters a pair of gray-skinned giants from a parallel fantasy world who claim they’ve summoned her to fulfill a prophecy: their monarch must take a human bride to revive his magic and save their people from a terrible fate. Hopeful that the king might be able to heal Andrew, Meg agrees to help them. Upon entering their world, she finds a stark, monochrome realm, where her chestnut hair and “eyes of hue” are uniquely prized. But the air is slowly poisoning her (“humans weren’t created for our earth,” the giants explain), and she can’t return to her world on her own; the only thing keeping her alive is her stern, inscrutable betrothed’s healing magic. Now she must find a way to awaken Andrew without marrying the king, who holds her life in his hands. Via evocative prose, Nelson skillfully portrays the unsettling world and its deep sense of place and history. Themes of love, loyalty, and sacrifice reverberate throughout this quietly gratifying debut. Human characters cue as white. Ages 13–up.
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