Name: Girls of Paper and Fire
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Author: James Patterson
ISBN: 9780316561365

Type

Physical Book

Author

Natasha Ngan

Preface by

James Patterson

Publisher

Jimmy Patterson

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.4 x 16.0 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780316561365

Edition No.

Synopsis "Girls of Paper and Fire "

Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked." In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

Natasha Ngan

(Author)

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Writer and yoga teacher. She grew up between Malaysia, where most of her family is from, and the United Kingdom. This cultural mix has inspired some of her novels aimed at young adults.

Ngan studied Geography at the University of Cambridge. After her training, she began working as a social media consultant and fashion blogger. She resides in France, where she teaches yoga and writes her stories.

In literature, Ngan is mainly known for her youth trilogy consisting of the titles Girls of Paper and Fire, Girls of Storm and Shadow, and Girls of Death and Fury.

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James Patterson

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James Brendan Patterson, nacido en 1947 en Newburgh, Nueva York, es uno de los autores más leídos y prolíficos del mundo contemporáneo. Su capacidad para combinar intriga, ritmo ágil y giros inesperados lo ha convertido en un fenómeno editorial sin precedentes, con cientos de millones de libros vendidos a nivel global. Reconocido con premios como el Edgar y la National Humanities Medal, ha logrado además un impacto social notable gracias a su compromiso con la promoción de la lectura, destinando parte de sus ganancias a programas educativos y bibliotecas.

Un ejemplo de su versatilidad es The Idaho Four, donde aborda un caso criminal real con una mirada narrativa que mezcla investigación periodística y tensión novelística. Patterson demuestra así que no solo domina la ficción con sagas como Alex Cross o Michael Bennett, sino que también sabe adentrarse en el terreno de la no ficción con la misma intensidad, atrapando al lector en escenarios tan inquietantes como reales.

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