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Nothing is certain and no one is safe in the scorching sequel to Blood Red Road, which MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog called “better than The Hunger Games.”

There is a price on Saba’s head. She brought down a ruthless tyrant and saved her kidnapped brother. But winning has come at a terrible cost. Saba is haunted by her past—and a new enemy is on the rise, an enemy who searches for her across the Dust Lands.

Saba needs Jack: his moonlit eyes, his reckless courage, his wild heart. But Jack has left. And her brother is haunted by ghosts of his own. Then news comes that tells her Jack can never be trusted again. Deceived and betrayed, haunted and hunted, Saba will need all of her warrior’s strength just to survive. For the enemy has cunning plans of his own…

About The Author

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Moira Young is the author of the Dust Lands series. The first book, Blood Red Road, won the Costa Children’s Book Award, was a Cybils Award Winner for fantasy and science fiction, and was a Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. The Dust Lands continues with Rebel Heart, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, and Raging Star. A native Canadian, Moira lives with her husband in the UK. Learn more at MoiraYoung.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (October 30, 2012)
  • Length: 432 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781442433403
  • Grades: 9 and up
  • Ages: 14 - 99
  • Lexile ® HL420L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

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Raves and Reviews

Readers will be champing at the bit to get to the conclusion of this poetic, action-packed trilogy.

– Jennifer M. Brown, Shelf Awareness

"Her immersive storytelling will lure readers deeper into this dangerous, starkly lovely terrain."

– Publishers Weekly, STARRED

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