false 46777 12 Sixteen-year-old Kaye Fierch is not human, but she doesn't know it. Sure, she knows she's interacted with faeries since she was little--but she never imagined she was one of them, her blond Asian human appearance only a magically crafted cover-up for her true, green-skinned pixie self. First-time author Holly Black explores Kaye's self-discovery and dual worlds in her riveting, suspenseful novel <I>Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale</I>. <p> The novel begins in a bar in Philly, where Kaye's alcoholic rock-singer mother's boyfriend tries to kill her. For their own safety, mother and daughter quickly move back to grandma's on the New Jersey shore where Kaye grew up. This ugly turn of events was all rigged by the Faerie world, as it turns out, a world Black describes in deliciously vivid, if rather overblown, detail. Kaye, a drinking, smoking, foul-mouthed high school dropout in the land of mortals, soon finds herself embroiled--as a human sacrifice, no less--in a battle between Faerieland's Seelie and more malevolent Unseelie courts. The beautiful, mysterious knight Roiben, torn between worlds himself, falls in love with Kaye--the brave, clever changeling--against his better judgment. Throughout the electrifying journey to the horrific underworld of this modern faerie fantasy, teen readers will relate to a hard-luck tough girl who feels alienated, discovers her best qualities in the worst of circumstances, and finally finds a place between worlds where she can feel at home. (Ages 13 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 1460966 book 2002 Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (Book 1) total:4960|5:1423|4:1614|3:1202|2:500|1:221| 4960 18398 7916 701 1 26 false false Tue Jun 03 13:11:59 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 13:13:22 -0700 2008
As far as I could tell, all the people in the book did was smoke and then some stuff happened out of the blue. She...more...]]> 1 15 false false Tue May 06 16:07:12 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 16:09:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 9 false false Sat Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 06 09:25:02 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 09:25:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 9 false false Tue Nov 20 17:04:41 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 15:11:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Apr 10 07:15:46 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:47:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 01:59:15 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 13:55:42 -0800 2007
This book is marred by one major flaw that doesn't affect most of the YA set: bad things happen--bo...more...]]> 1 4 false false Tue Jun 24 14:00:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:07:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Apr 22 18:33:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 20:48:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 27 16:42:08 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 16:51:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 09:22:19 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 09:38:42 -0700 2007 Stardust-esque innocence. Also, I think she got a little loose with the protagonist's character. At some po...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Sep 09 22:58:47 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 13:58:54 -0700 2007
When I first began reading Tithe, I was afraid that Kaye's background/lifestyle would be too gimmicky, but Blac...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 15 19:25:46 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 21:59:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:30:32 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:51:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Jul 29 11:53:06 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:42:57 -0700 2007 2 2 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 21:26:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 21:55:17 -0700 2008
As for Tithe, I think the idea for the plot is good- the teenage misfit who discovers that she is, after all, a faery. ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 13:59:32 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 22 15:23:58 -0700 2007
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The story is hardly inviting, even from the beginning. I continued to read on, still ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Dec 13 12:58:21 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 12:59:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 14 18:15:58 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 18:15:58 -0700 2009 more...]]>