****Instant _New York Times_ Bestseller** A stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of _Inkheart_ and _Shadow and Bone _** Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teach
The Leaf Reader
β Scribed by Emily Arsenault
- Publisher
- Soho Press;Soho Teen
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 161695907X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Like a contemporary take on Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle, Marnie Wells comes face-to-face with the occult, discovering she can tell the future by reading tea leaves.
Marnie Wells knows that she creeps people out. It's not really her fault; her brother is always in trouble, and her grandmother, who's been their guardian since Mom took off is... eccentric. So no one even bats an eye when Marnie finds an old tea-leaf-reading book and starts telling fortunes. The ceremony and symbols are weirdly soothing, but she knows--and hopes everyone else does too--that none of it's real.
Then basketball star Matt Cotrell asks for a reading. He's been getting emails from someone claiming to be his best friend, Andrea Quinley, who disappeared and is presumed dead. Rumor has it Matt and Andrea were romantically involved, though they'd always denied it. A faint cloud of suspicion still hangs over Matt. But Marnie sees a kindred spirit: someone who, like her, is damaged by...
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