Rose Coffin
-
- $10.99
-
- $10.99
Publisher Description
Rose Coffin can't win. She's teased for her secondhand clothes. She's teased for blushing all the time. And she's teased for slipping into song at inopportune moments, though that's the only thing that keeps her panic at bay. After a particularly mortifying incident, Rose escapes to the woods where she's captured by a group of otherworldly creatures. They take her to Eppersett-a magical, eerily beautiful place where cemeteries are full of dead dreams, moving castles roll along on tracks, and most shocking of all . . . people seem to love Rose at first sight. They tell her that she's "the one they've been waiting for. The one who's going to save them." An evil force called the Abomination is on the loose, and there's only one thing powerful enough to stop it-her voice.There's just one catch. Rose hasn't been brought to Eppersett to fight the Abomination.She's going to be sacrificed to it. She's the chosen one all right . . . the one who's been chosen to die.In this startlingly original fantasy, M.P. Kozlowsky takes readers on a journey like no other-an adventure that'll transform everything you thought you knew about friendship, love, and the true power of finding your voice.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kazlowsky (The Dyerville Tales) subverts the typical chosen one narrative in this creepy middle grade fantasy. Anxious Rose Coffin, 12, feels overwhelmed by bullies and the pressures of home her brother is in a coma, and her parents are too busy to pay attention to her. After schoolmates target Rose for the singing that keeps her calm, she flees into a dark wood and is transported to an otherworldly realm, Eppersett, where she is captured and heralded as a savior. Questioning the denizens' adoration, Rose learns that to ensure the people's safety for a decade, she must be sacrificed to the Abomination that has systematically terrorized the land. But when she manifests a powerful scream, her captors realize she may be the prophesied "Unwonted," capable of destroying the Abomination for good. Accompanied by the Order of the Sacrifice an eclectic band that includes a walking tree, a wingless fairy, and a golden-skinned boy Rose must collect three long-lost artifacts and confront the all-consuming evil. Though the prose sometimes tells rather than shows, fanciful creatures, nightmarish monsters, and bizarre landscapes all well-rendered bring Eppersett to life, and the hero's journey and its anxiety-tinged undertone (particularly Rose's angry self-talk) make for a fully realized tale. Ages 8 12.)
