Name: Wings
ISBN: 9780061668050

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Beauty With a Bite

A startling transformation turns ordinary life into a world of unsettling beauty and faerie danger.

Come here for

Flower-like wings and the uncanny mystery behind them
Faerie intrigue with human family stakes

Expect

A contemporary fantasy that makes the familiar feel newly strange
Beauty edged with danger, not just enchantment

Book Details

Authors: Aprilynne Pike
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 3, 2011
Format: Paperback
Theme: Arthurian YA · Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens
Reading lane: Arthurian YA

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YA Adventure
Coming of Age
Fairy Tales & Folklore for Teens
YA Adoption Stories

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YA Fantasy
Contemporary YA Fantasy
YA Fantasy Romance
YA Stories About Girls & Women

About This Book

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry...

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Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past, Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them.