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On her seventeenth birthday, Selkie learns that the Boston she thought was real is an elaborate enchantment meant to conceal her true heritage. She is a half‑faerie princess, one of the children of prophecy who could topple the faerie court’s hold over the supernatural realm. Battling an uncertain destiny, Selkie must decide whether to embrace her royal blood and the power it carries or defy the expectations placed upon her.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Skylar Dorset
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