The Theft of Sunlight

Gr 9 Up–Though she never really wanted to leave Sheltershorn, her small quiet town far from the hustle and bustle of the city, Rae is the only one who has a hope of finding her best friend’s sister Seri, the latest victim of kidnappers. When she arrives in the city, Rae is dismayed to see the discrepancies between the way the very wealthy and powerful live and the squalor of the lower classes’ homes and streets. Even worse, those who are in power seem to have no regard for the children who continue to go missing. When Rae is invited to become an attendant to the princess, she almost immediately becomes embroiled in the plots and machinations of palace life, putting her in more danger than she ever expected to face. An unresolved ending will give readers hope that there are more sequels to come in this fascinating series. The only weakness in this novel is how quickly a girl from a family of horse breeders in a small village is accepted into the inner circle of the royal family. Most characters have brown skin.