The Art of Running Away

By Sabrina Kleckner

Book Overview

When an assassin kills Princess Jiara's older sister Scilla, her vengeful ghost is doomed to walk their city of glittering canals, tormenting loved ones until the murderer is brought to justice. While the entire kingdom mourns, Scilla's betrothed arrives and requests that seventeen-year-old Jiara take her sister's place as his bride to confirm the alliance between their countries.
Marrying the young king intended for her sister and traveling to his distant home is distressing enough, but with dyslexia and years of scholarly struggles, Jiara abandoned any hope of learning other languages long ago. She's terrified of life in a foreign land where she'll be unable to communicate.
Then Jiara discovers evidence that her sister's assassin comes from the king's own country. If she marries the king, Jiara can hunt the murderer and release her family from Scilla's ghost, whose thirst for blood mounts every day. To save her family, Jiara must find her sister's killer . . . before he murders her too.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631635778
• ISBN13: 9781631635779
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

LGBT Middle Grade Book

This is a LGBT Middle Grade book that covers so many important topics. This book bring light to what happens when parents does not supports their kids no matter who they are, but I also think this book also shows young kids that parents are not always perfect. I think this is one of the most important middle grade book I have read. The characters are very well written and develops through out the book. This is a cute story with a great storyline. This book would be a great for a parent and kid to read together because I feel this book can help get parents and kids talking about a lot of things. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.