Aveyard, V. (2016). Glass Sword.
Harpercollins Childrens Books.
Mare Barrow has just escaped the king and his plan to murder
her. She is a “newblood”, with red blood
and Silver powers. She can create lightning. She and Cal, a Silver prince, are now on a
mission to find the other newbloods and get their revenge on Maven, the king,
and his mother who can control minds and forced Cal to kill his own father. As Cal and Mare struggle with their past,
they find newbloods and fight their feelings for each other. Will Mare give herself back up to Maven to
save her people?
Aveyard creates a new world in Red Queen and continues it in Glass
Sword. In this fantasy book Silvers
have special powers such as controlling metal, plants, water, minds, fire, and
strength to name a few. But some of the Red Bloods that have Silver powers have
powers that are things no one has seen before such as manipulating gravity,
shape shifting, being able to jump through space, silencing other’s powers, and
being able to explode things. There is a theme of self-discovery as Mare
sometimes wants to hurt others and then fights the memory of all the ones she
has hurt, as well as wanting to be close to Cal and others, but then fighting
against it and staying alone. There is
also themes of sacrifice as Mare sacrifices herself to save the ones she loves; her brother sacrifices himself for her and she sacrifices him for the newbloods. I think this book is great for 6th grade and up.
Other books in the series:
Red Queen
Queen Song (novella)
Steel Scars (novella)
Cruel Crown (novella)
King’s Cage
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