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323 pp.
| Random
| April, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-449-81867-1$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-449-81869-5
(3)
YA
While fostered at Dún Beithe, Lady Maeve (Deception's Princess) is glad to be reunited with her falcon Ea, but her cruel fellow fosterlings and a matchmaking mama make life unbearable; Maeve flees to Avallach to reunite with her lover, Odran. The culture of Iron Age Ireland, Maeve's love of freedom and great strategic tact, and some older-and-wiser life lessons distinguish this engaging tale.
325 pp.
| Random
| April, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-449-81863-3$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-449-81864-0$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-449-81865-7
(3)
YA
Maeve, youngest daughter of the High King of Èriu (first-century Ireland), chafes at her lack of influence and her destiny as a prize bride to be awarded to a political ally. A young druid who rescues injured wildlife offers her friendship. Maeve's musings on freedom, her diplomatic banter with suitors, and grounded historical details make this entertaining princess tale stand out.
485 pp.
| Random
| April, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-86908-2$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-96908-9$20.99
(3)
YA
Shaman Himiko (Spirit's Princess) returns to find her clan devastated by an Ookami invasion and her mother rendered dangerously unstable by her son Noboru's kidnapping. A voyage to rescue her brother leads to Himiko's own enslavement, and seeing Ookami injustices moves her to try to change them. Himiko's pensive, engaging first-person narration connects readers to the mystical ancient-Japan setting.
449 pp.
| Random
| April, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-86907-5$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-96907-2$19.99
(3)
YA
A fictionalized depiction of the youth of Japanese queen and shaman Himiko. Friesner's Himiko is a chieftain's only daughter struggling to be like her brothers despite an injured leg. She secretly becomes apprentice to her clan's shaman and helps save a neighboring clan from illness. Friesner smoothly combines ancient-Japan historical fiction and magical realism, contextualizing her story with an author's note.
354 pp.
| Random
| September, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-85657-0$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-95657-7$20.99
(3)
YA
This sequel to Sphinx's Princess continues Friesner's fictionalized story of Nefertiti. The adolescent future royal describes her forbidden romance with Amenophis, brother of her intended groom; her first-person narration also reveals her anger about slavery and other injustices. Back matter explains how little is known about the real historical figures, but the story's intimacy with its characters lends accessibility to an ancient era.
390 pp.
| Viking
| November, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-0-670-01245-9$17.99
(3)
YA
Raisa leaves her small Polish village to reunite with her sister in America. Hardships greet her and her new friends as they make their way in New York City in 1910, culminating tragically in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The circumstances and outcomes of the disaster as seen through one young woman's eyes create a compelling story.
372 pp.
| Random
| September, 2009
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-85654-9$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-95654-6$20.99
(3)
YA
This heavily fictionalized tale of Nefertiti creates a possible childhood and adolescence for the Egyptian royal. Friesner's protagonist is a goodhearted independent thinker surrounded by people in high places with low motives--and she's ready to take them on. Imbuing its speculations with somewhat modern sensibilities, the text attempts to flesh out characters that history has only sketched.
308 pp.
| Random
| April, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-87531-1$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97531-8$19.99
(3)
YA
In this sequel to Nobody's Princess, the future Helen of Troy dresses as a boy and joins Prince Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Aboard the Argo, Helen faces her own challenges: hiding from her brothers, avoiding arrogant Hercules, engaging in sword fights, and coping with a friend's death. Friesner's Helen is a spirited young woman bent on making her own path.
305 pp.
| Random
| April, 2007
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-87528-1$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97528-8$19.99
(3)
YA
This story imagines the girlhood and young adulthood of the beautiful Helen, first of Sparta then of Troy. She grows up a warrior princess desperate for freedom but also strikingly responsible (e.g., she doesn't quest for the Golden Fleece until she knows her guards won't get in trouble). The story is a well-integrated mix of Greek mythology and the author's imagination.