This book is perfect for anyone who loves fast-paced fantasy novels with strong female protagonists. Graceling takes you on a journey through a world where power and violence dominate, but also explores themes of self-discovery, redemption, and fighting against injustice. Prepare to be hooked by the gripping plot, complex characters, and thought-provoking themes that make this book a standout in the fantasy genre.

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• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2009)
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (2009)
• William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2009)
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2011)
• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2010)
• Sakura Medal Nominee for High School Book (2010)
• Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010)
• Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2009)
• Iowa High School Book Award Nominee (2011)
• California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2012)
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2011)
• Andre Norton Award Nominee (2008)
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2008)
• Green Mountain Book Award (2011)
• Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2011)
• LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)

In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing.Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the darkness of her Grace casts a heavy shadow over Katsa’s life. Yet she remains defiant: when the King of Lienid’s father is kidnapped she investigates, and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap the old man, and why? And who was the extraordinary Graced man whose fighting abilities rivalled her own?The only thing Katsa is sure of is that she no longer wants to kill. The intrigue around this kidnapping offers her a way out – but little does she realise, when she takes it, that something insidious and dark lurks behind the mystery. Something spreading from the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king...

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