02079cam a2200409 i 4500 1009279433 TxAuBib 20231012120000.0 230906s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022922924 9781536226522 hardback 1536226521 hardback TxAuBib rda Lapite, Shade,. Goddess Crown / Shade Lapite. Crown. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2023. 278 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Girl. Rebel. Queen"--Cover. "Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the forested East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. Raised in a woodland idyll by a few kindly adult caretakers, Kalothia can hunt and fish and fend for herself but knows little of the outside world. When assassins attack her home on her sixteenth birthday, she must flee to the king's court in the West--a beautiful but lethal nest of poison, plots, and danger, overseen by an entrenched patriarchy. Guided by the Goddess herself, can Kalothia navigate this most worldly of places to find her own role? What if she must choose between her country and her heart? Excitement, romance, and a charismatic heroine shine in this first book set in the unforgettable kingdom of Galla"-- Provided by publisher. 013-017. 8-12. 20231012. Women heroes Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls Juvenile fiction. Princesses Juvenile fiction. Goddesses Juvenile fiction. Courts and courtiers Juvenile fiction. Secrecy Juvenile fiction. Attempted assassination Juvenile fiction. Africans Juvenile fiction. TXKPL