Reposting to include Rebecca’s review of the new reprint edition.
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Sherryl Jordan is a New Zealand-based author of young adult and children’s fantasy fiction. In Winter of Fire (1993) she tells the story of Elsha, a sixteen year old girl born into the enslaved underclass called the Quelled. As the sun has disappeared from the world, a memory only alive in mythology, the Quelled are forced to mine for the firestones that are the people’s only source of warmth.
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I might say "formulaic" actually.
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It's a tightrope act for sure.
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