{"product_id":"the-star-shard-paperback","title":"The Star Shard - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederic S. Durbin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCymbril feels like a bird in a cage. Her task is to sing, to draw crowds to the markets offered by Master Rombol, lord of the Thunder Rake, the only home Cymbril has known. The Rake is a city on wheels, a vast wagon that rolls over the land, its interior a labyrinth of stairways, corridors, chambers, and secret doors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Cymbril befriends a fellow slave, a boy named Loric, one of the mysterious Fey, she dreams of a life beyond the Rake, and the two begin to plan their escape. But dangers haunt the shadows-the ominous Eye women, the perilous Night Market, the terrors of the Groag Swamp, and something that stalks the night's dark byways, hunting . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurvival will depend upon courage, loyalty, and perhaps upon a gift from Cymbril's long-departed parents-the glowing and magical fragment of a star.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederic S. Durbin\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in rural central Illinois, where his parents opened the town's first bookstore and his mother built libraries for the four public elementary schools. He studied classical languages, mythology, and English literature at Concordia College, River Forest (now Concordia University Chicago). After graduating \u003ci\u003esumma cum laude\u003c\/i\u003e, he served as a volunteer missionary teacher in Japan and taught ESL and writing at Niigata University for two decades. In 2011, he returned to the U.S. and lives with his wife in the wooded hills of western Pennsylvania. A community college writing coach, he is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDragonfly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Green and Ancient Light\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Realm Award and was named a Best Fantasy of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and a Reading List Honor Book by the American Library Association. His short fiction has appeared frequently in \u003ci\u003eCricket\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCicada\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Gate\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently, he co-edited the fiction anthologies \u003ci\u003eParadigm Shifts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEscapements\u003c\/i\u003e (June 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Star Shard\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750890242336,"sku":"9781625674555","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc9b6e1a40bfdc8ad2038dbeb65d545e.webp?v=1779960090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-star-shard-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}