Shadow

By Jenny Moss

     In the farway kingdom of Deor, a fifteen-year-old girl lives as a shadow of Queen Audrey who is also fifteen. It was prophesied that the queen would die before her sixteenth birthday. That girl had no name, though everyone called her Shadow. She believed that Sir Kenway, a great knight from another kingdom was pledged to Queen Audrey as her betrothed. Queen Audrey was cruel to Shadow slapped her often. One night when the girls were sleeping, Shadow woke up to Queen Audrey thrashing about in her bed. Shadow thought nothing of it but when she awoke the next morning, Queen Audrey was dead. Her death started riots and uproars of whom will lead their kingdom. The only other heir was a man named Fryen. Though Eldred, the queen's advisor, thought differently.
     While spying on Fryen and Eldred, Shadow and Sir Kenway see Eldred be murdered by the man that was soon to rule the kingdom. Sir Kenway takes Shadow out of the kingdom up to a village and to an old witch, named Kendra. There Shadow finds her true identity and about the mother she never knew.

     This book gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *
It was so amazing I could barely put it down to eat.