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Gr 5-9 In this masterful fantasy told in two voices, Levine has created a mythology and society as rich and nuanced as the one portrayed in Megan Whalen Turner's "The Thief" (Greenwillow, 1996). Olus is the Akkan god of the winds, but he is hundreds of years younger than any of the other gods and, therefore, very lonely. He visits Hyte, a kingdom of humans, where he is intrigued by the beautiful and talented weaver and dancer named Kezi. Olus witnesses the events leading to her generous but reckless decision to offer u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Olus, seventeen-year-old Akkan god of the winds, goes to neighboring Hyte to study the behavior of mortals and falls in love with Kezi, a gifted rug-weaver. When an ill-favored oath on her father's part makes Kezi's life forfeit to the Hyte god Admat ("the one, the all"), Olus devises a plan: if Kezi travels to the Akkan gods' home and becomes immortal, the priest's knife cannot kill her. However, she can only get there as a heroine...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Seventeen-year-old Olus, god of the winds, falls in love with Kezi, whose father pledged her life in forfeit to the go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More