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Lament

By Maggie Stiefvater
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Lament follows Deirdre, a gifted musician who becomes infatuated with Luke, a mysterious boy who mysteriously enters her life. As Deirdre discovers that she is a Cloverhand, someone who can see faeries, she learns a dangerous secret: Luke is a faerie assassin and she is his next target. This haunting, romantic fantasy explores love and peril in the world of the supernatural.
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This young adult novel is perfect for readers who enjoy fantasy with romantic and otherworldly elements, especially those interested in faerie lore and coming-of-age stories.

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Sixteen-year-old Dee is a cloverhand-someone who can see faeries. So when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to beautiful, mysterious Luke, Dee knows that he wants something more dangerous than a summer romance. But Dee doesn't realise that Luke is an assassin from the faerie world. And she is his next target.

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Deirdre, a gifted musician, finds herself infatuated with Luke, a mysterious boy who enters her life at the same time she discovers she's a Cloverhand—one who can see faeries. Trouble is, Luke is a faerie assassin—and Deirdre is meant to be his next mark.

Another haunting, romantic fantasy from the New York Times best-selling author Maggie Stiefvater.

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ISBN: 9781407120317

Publisher: Scholastic

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 January 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Scholastic

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 368

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