Découvrez le Royaume de Graceling dans ce roman inoubliable et primé de l'auteure à succès Kristin Cashore. Best-seller du New York Times, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist et BCCB Best Book of the Year. « Tour à tour furieuse, exaltante et mélancolique » (The New York Times Book Review) avec « une romance à vous faire souffrir » (LA Times), Graceling est une aventure fantastique palpitante et pleine d'action qui trouvera un écho profond chez quiconque cherche sa voie. Graceling raconte l'histoire de Katsa, vulnérable mais forte, intelligente et belle, qui vit dans les Sept Royaumes où certains individus naissent avec une Grâce, un talent spécial qui peut tout changer. La Grâce de Katsa est meurtrière. Nièce du roi, elle est forcée d'utiliser ses compétences extrêmes pour devenir son exécuteur brutal. Jusqu'au jour où elle rencontre le prince Po, doté de talents de combat, et la vie de Katsa commence à basculer. Elle ne s'attend jamais à devenir l'amie de Po. Elle ne s'attend jamais à apprendre une nouvelle vérité sur sa propre Grace - ou sur un terrible secret qui se cache au loin... un secret qui pourrait détruire les sept royaumes avec des mots seuls. Récompenses : Lauréat du Mythopoeic Fantasy Award pour la littérature jeunesse, lauréat du SIBA Book Award/YA, Indies Choice Book Award Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, 2008 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Amazon.com's Best Books of 2008, 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice, Booklist's 2008 Top Ten 10 First Novels for Youth, 2009 Amelia Bloomer List, BCCB 2009 Blue Ribbon List Et ne manquez pas la suite Fire et son compagnon Bitterblue, tous deux primés, des best-sellers du New York Times, et pleins de la prose élégante et évocatrice de Kristin Cashore et de personnages inoubliables.

Discover the Graceling Realm in this unforgettable, award-winning novel from bestselling author Kristin Cashore. A New York Times bestseller ALA Best Book for Young Adults Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal,Booklist, and BCCB Best Book of the Year "Rageful, exhilarating, wistful in turns" (The New York Times Book Review) with "a knee weakening romance" (LA Times). Graceling is a thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure that will resonate deeply with anyone trying to find their way in the world. Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa's Grace is killing. As the king's niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa's life begins to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace-or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone. Awards: Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, winner of the SIBA Book Award/YA, Indies Choice Book Award Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, 2008 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Amazon.com's Best Books of 2008, 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice, Booklist's 2008 Top Ten First Novels for Youth, 2009 Amelia Bloomer List, BCCB 2009 Blue Ribbon List And don't miss the sequel Fire and companion Bitterblue, both award-winning, New York Times bestsellers, and full of Kristin Cashore's elegant, evocative prose and unforgettable characters.