Alis - Hardcover

Rich, Naomi

3.29

455 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670011258 ISBN 13: 9780670011254

Publisher: Viking Childrens Books, 2009

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With an arranged marriage to a forty-year-old man by her strict parents pending, fourteen-year-old Alis leaves her small religious community to live on the streets where she ends up mixed in a series of bad events, accused of murder, and forced to make an important decision that will impact the rest of her life.

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Review:

"An enthralling love story . . . Alis is an impressively memorable debut." (Carousel)

"a novel of powerful undercurrents which Rich sketches in with a deft hand . . . an impressive debut with a strong authorial voice." (Books for Keeps)

"A stunning debut. Finely written . . . moves you breathlessly along to the final uplifting resolution" (Write Away)

"A thoughtful novel, beautifully written" (Northern Echo)

"a winner . . . Alis is a bridge between the sort of fantasy novel much loved by the younger teens and adult dystopian fiction." (Birmingham Post)

Book Description:

Naomi Rich's compelling debut novel explores the struggle of a young girl torn between obedience and free will in an increasingly extremist religious society.

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