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Title: Fairest

Author: Gail Carson Levine

DESCRIPTION (SUMMARY):

A young girl named Aza has one of the best qualities in all of Ayortha. Her singing voice. Aza does not, however, have the other quality in Ayortha, which is beauty. Aza goes on a magical journey and soon becomes a lady-in-waiting for the queen. The queen demands many different and difficult orders. Along the way, Aza also meets a prince named Ijori, gnomes, and ogres.

RECOMMENDATION:

I recommend this book to girls and boys, ages 10-13. This book is a fantasy book, so for anyone who loves fantasy and fiction mixed together this is a great book.

You can find this book at Kidsbooks, and Chapters Indigo

BACK OF THE BOOK:

Aza’s singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual. She can “throw” her voice so it seems to come from anywhere. But singing is only one of the two qualities prized in the Kingdom of Ayortha. Aza doesn’t possess the other: beauty. Not even close. She’s hidden in the shadows in her parents’ inn, but when she becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, she has to step into the light-especially when the new queen demands a dangerous favor. A magic mirror, a charming prince, a jealous queen, palace intrigue, and an injured king twine into a maze that Aza must penetrate to save herself and her beloved kingdom.