Seraphina : a novel

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Label

Seraphina : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Rachel Hartman

Creator

• trueHartman, Rachel, 1972-

Contributor

• trueRandom House

Publisher

• trueRandom House

Subject

• trueShapeshifting
• trueSelf-acceptance
• trueFantasy fiction
• Dragons -- Juvenile fiction
• Courts and courtiers -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFantasy
• trueCourts and courtiers
• Identity -- Fiction
• Confidential communications -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGirl orphans
• Fantasy fiction
• Courts and courtiers -- Fiction
• Dragons -- Fiction
• trueSecrets
• trueMusicians
• Secrets -- Fiction
• Music -- Juvenile fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2012
• Fantasy fiction, American
• Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueConspiracies
• trueFirst person narratives
• Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction
• trueMurder
• trueHigh fantasy
• Music -- Fiction
• trueDragons

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueFantasy fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings)
• trueHigh fantasy
• Fantasy fiction, American

Language

eng

Summary

In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents

Member of

• trueSeraphina

Storyline

• trueWorld-building
• trueIntricately plotted

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueEngaging

Character

• trueSassy
• trueRelatable
• trueComplex

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
• Library Journal Best Books 2012
• Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2012.
• Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2013.
• William C. Morris YA Debut Award, 2013.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2013.
• OLA Best Bets, 2012.

Awards note

Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Honor Award, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.H26736

LC item number

Se 2012

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

760

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Series statement

Seraphina

Series volume

0001

Target audience

pre adolescent