Crewel
A Novel
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Available: 10/16/12
5.92 x 8.62 · 368 pages
Ages 12-18 years
9780374316419
CDN $19.99
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Deadly Secrets
Tangled Lies
Woven truths
Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That's what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she's exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, wherethey live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn't interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom's overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister's academy gossip and laugh at her dad's jokes. One hour to pretend everything's okay. And one hour to escape.
Because tonight, they'll come for her.
Gennifer Albin is the author of Crewel World trilogy Crewel, Altered, and Unraveled . She holds a master's degree in English literature from the University of Missouri and founded the tremendously popular blog The Connected Mom . She lives in Poulsbo, Washington.