![]() ![]() Agent: Stephen Barbara, InkWell Management. The writing is occasionally overwrought, and aspects of the plot strain credulity, but on the whole, Bartlett delivers an empowering tale populated with nuanced characters of sundry socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientations. Ekata siblings are busy killing each other so they can inherit the duchy - but Ekata herself wants nothing to do with it and wants to go to University to study biology. Fantasy author Bartlett ( The Winter Duke) takes on society’s toxic attitudes toward teenage girls in this dark and twisty #MeToo thriller. The Winter Duke is written in first person, following the story of Ekata Avenko, daughter of the Grand Duke of Kylma Above. According to mysterious blogger Adams West, however, the cops’ focus is misplaced Emma had a secret that likely got her killed, and he is determined to not only uncover that secret, but expose it to the world. ![]() ![]() The Jefferson-Lorne, Colo., police department, headed by Emma’s overprotective father, is centering their investigation on three of her classmates: Avery Cross, the airheaded captain of Emma’s cheerleading squad Claude Vanderly, a “loudmouth slut” and notorious troublemaker and Gwen Sayer, an acerbic overachiever who is competing with Emma to win a full undergraduate scholarship. The Winter Duke Claire Eliza Bartlett Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Young Adult Fiction - 432 pages 3 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes. A grainy Facebook video appears to show someone shoving the “ice-blond” 17-year-old off a bridge into a lethal stretch of river known as Anna’s Run. ![]()
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