Poisoned
Once upon a time, a
girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her
lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen
snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the
huntsman took out his knife . . . and took Sophie's heart.
It
shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the
whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule -- a waste of a
princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She
believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words
people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too
strong . . .
With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie
manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might
not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more
terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can't extinguish
the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate
form of strength.
Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly is the author of thirteen novels - Poisoned, Stepsister, Lost in a Book, These Shallow Graves, Sea Spell, Dark Tide, Rogue Wave, Deep Blue, Revolution, A Northern Light, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose and The Wild Rose - and Humble Pie, a picture book for children. She is a co-author of Fatal Throne, which explores the lives of King Henry VIII's six wives, for which she wrote the part of Anna of Cleves, Henry's fourth wife.
She
grew up in New York State, in Lewis and Westchester counties, and
attended the University of Rochester where she majored in English
Literature and European History.
Jennifer’s first novel, The Tea
Rose, an epic historical novel set in London and New York in the late
19th century, was called “exquisite” by Booklist, “so much fun” by the
Washington Post, a “guilty pleasure” by People and was named a Top Pick
by the Romantic Times. The Rose trilogy continued with The Winter Rose
and The Wild Rose.
Her second novel, A Northern Light, set in the
Adirondacks of 1906, against the backdrop of an infamous murder, won
the Carnegie Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Borders
Original Voices Award, and was named a Printz Honor book. Described as
“rich and true” by The New York Times, the book was named to the Best
Book lists of The Times (London), The Irish Times, The Financial Times,
Publishers Weekly, Booklist and the School Library Journal. In 2015,
TIME Magazine named it one of the 100 best young adult books of all
time.
Revolution was named a Best Book by Amazon, Kirkus, School
Library Journal, and the Chicago Public Library, and was nominated for a
Carnegie Medal. The audio edition was awarded an Odyssey Honor for
Excellence.
In 2014, Jennifer teamed up with Disney to launch the
bestselling Waterfire Saga, an epic series about six mermaids on a
quest to rid the world of an ancient evil. The first book in the series,
Deep Blue, was released in May, 2014; the second, Rogue Wave, launched
in January 2015; the third, Dark Tide, came out in October 2015; and the
fourth, Sea Spell, is scheduled for release in June 2016.
In
November 2015, Jennifer released the historical novel These Shallow
Graves, which received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly
and Shelf Awareness, and was named a Junior Library Guild Selection.
Jennifer
worked with Disney again in 2017, when she published Beauty and the
Beast: Lost in a Book, an original story to accompany the blockbuster
Beauty and the Beast film. Lost in a Book expands on the classic tale,
exploring the growing friendship between Belle and the Beast as well as
Belle's ordeal within the pages of Nevermore, a magical book from which
she narrowly escapes.
Jennifer returned to historical fiction
with Fatal Throne, a book about Henry VIII and his six wives published
by Random House/Schwartz & Wade in 2018.
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