The Court Of Fives

Name: The Court Of Fives
Author: Kate Elliott
ISBN: 9780316364195

by Kate Elliott

A New York Times bestseller! In this imaginative escape into enthralling new lands, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first bestselling young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy's life is a balance between acting like an upper-class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But away from her family she can be whoever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multilevel athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom's best contenders. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between two Fives competitors--one of mixed race and the other a Patron boy--causes heads to turn.…

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"Caught between the worlds of the ruling-class Patrons and the conquered Commoners, Jessamy must choose between being a dutiful daughter and secretly competing in the Court of Fives — an obstacle race that offers independence. When a power-hungry Patron throws her family into chaos and threatens the lives of her mother and sisters, Jessamy turns to an unlikely source for help: a wealthy Patron boy she beat in The Fives. Full of high-stakes adventure but also heartfelt musings on identity, family and colonization, this book presents a fantasy world that is refreshingly inspired by Greco-Roman and Egyptian cultures."

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