Uprooted (Paperback)
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Uprooted (Paperback)

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Paperback 448 Pages
Published: 05/05/2016
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Winner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel

Winner of the 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel

Shortlisted for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Shortlisted for the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel

A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted - a enthralling, mythic fantasy by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series.

Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged.

The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However, his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for ten years, leaving all they value behind.

Agnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing, for she's everything Agnieszka is not - beautiful, graceful and brave. Yet when the Dragon comes, it's not Kasia he takes.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447294146
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 314 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 27 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine, new takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns. A delight. - CASSANDRA CLARE

Uprooted by Naomi Novik is enchanting, in every sense of that fine old word. A charming and inviting story that looks unflinchingly at the strangling roots of hurt and revenge. - ROBIN HOBB

The magic in Uprooted, with its realistic moral dimension, is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells. But the book will do that for you. - URSULA K. LE GUIN

Wild, thrilling, and deeply, darkly magical. An instant classic. - LEV GROSSMAN

Magical and practical, otherworldly and planted in the real, I could NOT stop reading this book and neither will you! - TAMORA PIERCE

Uprooted is one of those tales you come back to over and over again because it's just that enchanting. The adventure builds with such tension that you are peeking through your hands at the end, hoping it will all be okay, and Novik delivers a conclusion that's deeply satisfying, earning a permanent space on my bookshelf that I'll revisit often. - KEVIN HEARN

Naomi Novik's Uprooted is a marvelous fantasy reminiscent of Howl's Moving Castle and vastly superior to The Hobbit. Her characters, setting, and the magic they use are all brilliant. I devoured the book in one reading. Well done! I want more! - TODD MCCAFFREY

The roots of Uprooted are planted deep in fairy tale lore, but the story that Naomi Novik has coaxed forth is fresh and compelling. It reads like a previously undiscovered origin myth in the best possible way! - JACQUELINE CAREY

Every so often you come upon a story that seems like a lost tale of Grimm newly come to light. Uprooted is such a novel. Its narrative spell is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching. - GREGORY MAGUIRE

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“One of my favourite fantasies this year”

This was a wonderful book, perfectly crafted. I wish I had written it!

This was the first Naomi Novik book I'd read and I was barely halfway through before I was telling everyone I knew to read it. It's a... More

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“Magical”

I really enjoyed this book, it started out strong and ended strongly, it has the right mix of magic and action and the main characters were explained and expanded on well. My only regret is that as yet it is a... More

Hardback edition
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Dani W (@dani_reviews)

“This is a mandatory read for anyone who loves fantasy and folklore. No joke.”

Engaging from the very beginning, I was carried along by the beautiful writing, lovable characters (especially the Dragon!

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