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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. Diribaniβs newfound wealth brings her a princeβand an attempt on her life. Tana is chased out of the village because theΒ province's governorΒ fears snakes,Β 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 bringΒ herΒ wisdom, good fortune, love . . . or death?
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