Weekend Pick for September 6, 2024
 | Welcome our September guest-contributor to the Weekend Picks! Jenny Cameron Paulsen, a thirty-year teaching veteran, educates middle schoolers in American History and English in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She has served as an ALAN state representative and member of the Amelia Walden Award committee. In 2023, she served as the Iowa History Teacher of the Year. |
| Apocalyptic dystopian high fantasy? Check. Lord of the Rings quest vibe? Check. A villainous queen with ambitions worthy of Lady Macbeth? Check. A female pirate’s fierce daughter who is the only hope for saving the world as she knows it? Check, check, and check! If any of this piques your interest, then this remarkable series is for you! Corayne an-Amarat, a strong and brilliant young woman, is the brains behind her mother’s wildly successful pirating enterprise in the kingdom of Allward. When a deadly foe from another realm destroys a neighboring kingdom, she joins forces with the remaining two survivors, a squire and an immortal, to fight for their world. Along the way, others join their cause including assassins, a bounty hunter, a mysterious witch, and a fallen priest. |  Victoria Aveyard |
This exciting series hooked me from the start and stayed on my mind long after I finished. Refreshing in its diversity of characters, with multiple powerful females driving the conflicts, this series about an unlikely group of companions pitted against the forces of evil does not disappoint.
My thanks to Iowa State professor, Dr. Missy Springsteen-Haupt, whose observation of this connection enticed me to read the series!
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