Elizabeth C. Bunce
group of nobles to do so. Accepted as a lady's maid to shy young Merista Nemair, Digger finds new peace and friendship at the Nemair stronghold--as well as plenty of jewels for the taking. But after the devious Lord Daul catches her in the act of thievery, he blackmails her into becoming his personal spy in the castle, and Digger soon realizes that her noble hosts aren't as apolitical as she thought... that indeed, she may be at the heart of a magical rebellion.
STARCROSSED is Elizabeth C. Bunce’s second novel. Her first, A CURSE DARK AS GOLD, won the 2009 William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award.
Watch for more from Elizabeth
“In for a Penny,” a ghost story set in the world of CURSE, in the anthology Bones, coming this fall exclusively to Scholastic Book Clubs
“STARCROSSED,” a fantasy adventure about a thief mixed up in a religious civil war, debuting fall 2010
Coming in 2009 and 2010:
Honors for Curse
Winner of the 2009 William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award
A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children
A 2008 Cybils Award finalist
Awarded a Blue Ribbon from the
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Kansas Notable Book
COMING OCTOBER 2010...
Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse, dodging the Greenmen who have banned all magic. But when a routine job goes horribly wrong and her partner and lover Tegen is killed, she has to get out of the city, fast, and hides herself in a merry
