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Tess of the Road
By (author):
Rachel Hartman
Rachel Hartman
Imprint:
Penguin Teen CanadaISBN:
9780385685900Product Form:
PaperbackForm detail:
Trade
Paperback
, Trade
English
Audience:
Young Adult : Age (years) 12, Grade (US) 7
Jan 04, 2022
$15.99 CAD
Active
Dimensions:
8.25in x 5.5 x 1.17 in | 0.94 lbPage Count:
560 pages
Penguin Random House Canada Teen
Penguin Teen Canada
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General
Cybil Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction 2019, Winner
Sunburst Award For Excellence In Canadian Literature Of The Fantastic 2019, Short-listed
Sunburst Award For Excellence In Canadian Literature Of The Fantastic 2019, Long-listed
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From award-winning Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road is a tour de force and an exquisite feminist fantasy.
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess, stubbornly, is a troublemaker. You can’t make a scene at your sister’s wedding and break a relative’s nose with one punch (no matter how pompous he is) and not suffer the consequences. As her family plans to send her to a nunnery, Tess yanks on her boots and sets out on a journey across the Southlands, alone and pretending to be a boy. Where Tess is headed is a mystery, even to her. So when she runs into an old friend, it’s a stroke of luck. This friend is a quigutl—a subspecies of dragon—who gives her both a purpose and protection on the road. But Tess is guarding a troubling secret. Her tumultuous past is a heavy burden to carry, and the memories she’s tried to forget threaten to expose her to the world in more ways than one.
Series Overview: Tess of the Road is the first in a duology that takes place in the same world as Seraphina and Shadow Scale. The follow-up, Tess of the Sea, is publishing Spring 2022.
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess, stubbornly, is a troublemaker. You can’t make a scene at your sister’s wedding and break a relative’s nose with one punch (no matter how pompous he is) and not suffer the consequences. As her family plans to send her to a nunnery, Tess yanks on her boots and sets out on a journey across the Southlands, alone and pretending to be a boy. Where Tess is headed is a mystery, even to her. So when she runs into an old friend, it’s a stroke of luck. This friend is a quigutl—a subspecies of dragon—who gives her both a purpose and protection on the road. But Tess is guarding a troubling secret. Her tumultuous past is a heavy burden to carry, and the memories she’s tried to forget threaten to expose her to the world in more ways than one.
Series Overview: Tess of the Road is the first in a duology that takes place in the same world as Seraphina and Shadow Scale. The follow-up, Tess of the Sea, is publishing Spring 2022.
FOUR STARRED REVIEWS AND A JLG SELECTION:Tess of the Road has received starred reviews from four publications, including Booklist and Kirkus Reviews!
PAPERBACK EDITION TIMED WITH NEW NOVEL! This new edition pubs alongside a brand new story from Rachel that continues Tess’s adventures.
AWARD-WINNING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SERAPHINA: Rachel Hartman, winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award and shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, is known for garnering numerous starred reviews.
A RICH FANTASY WORLD FANS WILL RECOGNIZE: Tess is Seraphina’s younger half-sister. Her adventure takes place in the same world as Seraphina and Shadow Scale.
A RARE BOOK: Inspired by the dearth of female road stories, Rachel wanted to write something that would fill that gap.
A BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT DEALS WITH HARD ISSUES: Transgender themes, rape, and PTSD are balanced with adventure and light humor.
CO-PUBLISHER: Random House BFYR in the US.
One of Booklist's Editor's Choice Books for Youth 2018
One of Boston Globe's Best Children Books of 2018
One of NPR's Best of 2018
One of Globe and Mail's 100 Notable Books of 2018
PRAISE FOR Tess of the Road:
"Absolutely essential." --Starred Review, Booklist
"Like Tess' journey, surprising, rewarding, and enlightening, both a fantasy adventure and a meta discourse on consent, shame, and female empowerment." --Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
"Newcomers to Hartman's work will be every bit as enthralled as her fans with this companion novel to Seraphina and Shadow Scale." --Starred Review, Bulletin
"Tess's ultimately unquenchable spirit, her struggles and adventures--be they at home or on the road--are a delight." --Starred Review, Shelf Awareness
"[S]o awe-inspiring, smart and relatable that it seems to physically pulse." --Globe and Mail
"[An] engaging companion volume to the award-winning Seraphina and Shadow Scale. . . . A picaresque road trip in a quasi-medieval, magical world, this is also a lose-yourself-in-it novel of adolescent healing and empowerment, a promise that youthful ignorance and its errors are remediable. Hartman conveys a warm sense of solidarity for girls who must fight off misogyny, sorrow and the burden of their own mistakes." --Toronto Star
"There's much richness in this tale's nuanced, accessible expression of adolescent naiveté and sorrow, and in Hartman's magical imagery and practical themes." --The Horn Book Magazine
"Tess of the Road is astonishing and perfect. It's the most compassionate book I've read since Middlemarch, and I love it, and Tess, fully as much as its predecessors. . . . Every step Tess takes on her road is a needle pricking the clenched parts of her heart into relief; as I read I felt those needles in my own heart, embroidering it with awe." --Hugo Award-winning author Amal El-Mohtar
"This book [is] . . . pointed and poignant, sharp and true, and the kind of book I know I’ll go back to again and again.” --Tor.com
"A richly detailed fantasy” --Boston Globe
“This novel is action packed, yet also richly layered.” --CYBILS
