Book Description
for Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Exploring identity, class struggles, and high-stakes romance, Tanaz Bhathena's Hunted by the Sky is a gripping adventure set in a world inspired by medieval India. Gul has spent her life running. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her arm, and in the kingdom of Ambar, girls with such birthmarks have been disappearing for years. Gul's mark is what caused her parents' murder at the hand of King Lohar's ruthless soldiers and forced her into hiding to protect her own life. So when a group of rebel women called the Sisters of the Golden Lotus rescue her, take her in, and train her in warrior magic, Gul wants only one thing: revenge.
2021 USBBY International Books List; 2021 White Pine Award.
Author is an award-winning young adult writer born in India and raised in Saudi Arabia and Canda, where she currently lives.
USA. Originally published in English by Farrar, Straus and Groux in 2020.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.