Bibliograph

An ember in the ashes, a novel by Sabaa Tahir

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An ember in the ashes, a novel by Sabaa Tahir

Language

eng

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Intended audience

HL680L, Lexile

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

An ember in the ashes

Medium

sound recording Playaway

Responsibility statement

a novel by Sabaa Tahir

Summary

Under the martial empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire's impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. But when Laia's brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire's greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school's finest soldier--and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined--and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself

Target audience

pre adolescentadolescent

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