Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
	List Price:   $10.50 Unit Price:   $8.40 You Save:   $2.10 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689867042 ISBN-13:   9780689867040 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Margaret K. McElderry Edition:   Reprint Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   March 2004 Pages:   336 Format:   Paperback Ages:   12 to
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION FAIRIES_FICTION MAGIC_FICTION
Description/Notes
Holly Black spent her early years in a decaying Victorian mansion where her mother fed her a steady diet of ghost stories and faerie tales. An avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls, and crazy hats, she lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with her husband, Theo. For more information, visit www.blackholly.com. Welcome to the realm of very scary faeries! Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms-a struggle that could very well mean her death. Publishers Weekly, starred review A gripping read....[T]he exquisite faeries haunt as well as charm. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Debauchery, despair, deceit, and grisly death -- what more could you ask for from a fairy tale?...A luscious treat for fans of urban fantasy and romantic horror. From the co-creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles comes this unique gothic fantasy. 'Tripping the dark fantastic with newcomer Holly Black means pixie dust may well include blood spatter, sharp thorns, and bits of broken glass.'--'Publishers Weekly,' starred review.