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Amber & Clay / Laura Amy Schlitz ; with illustrations by Julia Iredale.

Schlitz, Laura Amy, (author.). Iredale, Julia, (illustrator.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781536201222
ISBN: 1536201227
Physical Description: 532 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-532).

Summary, etc.:

"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto is a spoiled aristocrat, a girl as precious as amber but willful and wild. She'll marry and be tamed--the curse of all highborn girls--but risk her life for a season first to serve Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos--Amber and Clay--never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. But the thin line between life and death is just one boundary their unlikely friendship crosses."-- Publisher's description.