SuitabookIdentity and belonging
Sinda is told she is not the princess she believed herself to be, loses her court life and later seeks answers about who she is.
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Eilis O'Neal - Author
This is a fantasy about a girl whose identity, status and home are abruptly taken from her. Its central appeal is the movement from royal privilege through rejection and practical struggle towards self-discovery, friendship and potentially history-changing secrets.
Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia has led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when she learns, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in for the real Nalia, who has been hidden away for her protection. Cast out with little more than the clothes on her back, the girl now called Sinda must leave behind the city, her best friend, Kiernan, and the only life she's ever known. Sent to live with her only surviving relative , Sinda proves inept at even the simplest tasks. Then she discovers that long-suppressed, dangerous magic runs through her veins, and she realizes that she will never learn to be just a simple village girl. Sinda returns to the city to seek answers. Instead, she rediscovers the boy who refused to forsake her, and uncovers a secret that could change the course of Thorvaldor's history forever. - Jacket flap.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a fantasy about a girl whose identity, status and home are abruptly taken from her. Its central appeal is the movement from royal privilege through rejection and practical struggle towards self-discovery, friendship and potentially history-changing secrets.
Sinda is told she is not the princess she believed herself to be, loses her court life and later seeks answers about who she is.
Sinda discovers dangerous magic in herself while a hidden heir and a secret connected to Thorvaldor’s history shape the wider conflict.
Sinda leaves behind her best friend, Kiernan, and later rediscovers the boy who refused to forsake her.
The abrupt loss of home and status, separation from a best friend, difficult adjustment and dangerous magic may merit attention.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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