LITERATURE + LECTURES

Blue Willow Bookshop presents  Jenny Moss.  

We are pleased to welcome local author Jenny Moss, as she celebrates the debut of her newest novel, Shadow, a wonderful new fantasy for grades 6 and up.

In a time of kings, queens, and conspiracy, it's impossible to know whom one can trust. . . .

In a kingdom far away and long ago, it was prophesied at her birth that the queen would die before her sixteenth birthday. So Shadow, an orphan girl the same age as the young queen, was given the duty to watch her every move. And as prophesies do tend to come true, the queen is poisoned days before her birthday. When the castle is thrown into chaos, Shadow escapes with a young knight, whom she believes was betrothed to the queen.

Unsure of why she is following Sir Kenway, but determined to escape as far as possible from the castle, her long-time prison, Shadow sets off on an adventure with the handsome knight who has been charged with protecting her. As mystery builds, and romantic tension does, too, Shadow begins to wonder what her role in the kingdom truly is. Soon, she learns, it is up to her to save her land.

Jenny Moss's novel is a lyrical, fast-paced adventure filled with mystery, magic, honor, and romance that will lead readers on an incredible journey.

Jenny Moss lives in Houston and writes. Her first novel, WINNIE'S WAR, was released by Walker Books for Young Readers in Feb 2009. Her second, a YA fantasy, will be published by Scholastic Press in 2010.