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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
April 2010
On Sale: March 30, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 0805089683
EAN: 9780805089684
Hardcover
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Young Adult Contemporary
Diribani has come to the village well to get water for her
family's scant meal of curry and rice. She never expected
to meet a goddess there. Yet she is granted a remarkable
gift: Flowers and precious jewels drop from her lips
whenever she speaks.It seems only right to Tana that the
goddess judged her kind, lovely stepsister worthy of such
riches. And when she encounters the goddess, she is not
surprised to find herself speaking snakes and toads as a
reward.Blessings and curses are never so clear as they
might seem, however. Diribani’s newfound wealth brings her
a prince—and an attempt on her life. Tana is chased out of
the village because the province's governor fears
snakes, yet thousands are dying of a plague spread by
rats. As the sisters' fates hang in the balance, each
struggles to understand her gift. Will it
bring her wisdom, good fortune, love . . . or death?
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