TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forna,Namina
TI  - The gilded ones
T2  - Gilded ones series
SN  - 9781984848697
AV  - PZ7.1.F6626 Gi 2020
U1  - FIC FOR 23
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Women soldiers
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Young adult works
KW  - fast
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Series information from publisher. Also know as The deathless series; Ages 13 - 18; Lexile
780L
N2  - Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her discriminatory village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors; Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she becames a member of her village. Already different from every one else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity--and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the villager and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki--near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat. Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be--not even Deka herself. In this bold and immersive fantasy, a young heroine fights to save a world that would dare to tame her and discovers that she is her own fiercest weapon. --
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