General YA Fiction
VG/A Caine, Rachel. Ink and Bone: The Great Library. New
American Library, 2015. 978-0-451-47239-7. 17.99.
Jess
Brightwell lives in a world in which the Great Library of Alexander rules
everything with an iron fist. Owning a personal book is illegal. However, that doesn’t keep people from
stashing books illegally in their private collection. Jess’s family makes their
fortune in black market of trading original works. One day, Jess’s father decides
that Jess will be of better use to his family as a spy and sends him to take
part in the difficult examinations to work for the Library. Jess passes the exam and begins his training
in Alexandria. He soon realizes that the
training is not only highly competitive, but dangerous as well, and sometimes even
deadly. Ink and Bone is imaginative, exciting, and thrilling new title
from Rachel Caine, author of the Morganville Vampire series. Camille Campos, YA Librarian, Angeles Mesa Branch Library, LAPL
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