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Foz Meadows is a genderqueer author, blogger, essayist, reviewer and poet. In 2014, she was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer for her blog, Shattersnipe. She is a contributing writer for The Huffington Post and Black Gate, and a contributing reviewer for Strange Horizons and Tor.com.
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A Tyranny of Queens
by Foz Meadows
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9780857665898
- Publisher: Ze'ev Shemer
- Publication date: 05/02/2017
- Series: Manifold Worlds , #2
- Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 432
- File size: 638 KB
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Saffron Coulter has returned from the fantasy kingdom of Kena. Threatened with a stay in psychiatric care, Saffron has to make a choice: to forget about Kena and fit back into the life she’s outgrown, or pit herself against everything she’s ever known and everyone she loves.
Meanwhile in Kena, Gwen is increasingly troubled by the absence of Leoden, cruel ruler of the kingdom, and his plans for the captive worldwalkers, while Yena, still in Veksh, must confront the deposed Kadeja. What is their endgame? Who can they trust? And what will happen when Leoden returns?
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Early humans are in danger of dying out; but fortunately, Lug is paying attention. Lug is a small kid. Lug does not like the contact sports; he likes painting, a practice that if forbidden. And Lug notices things. He and a girl named Echo are the only two people noticing that the weather is getting colder. What are they going to do? In the manner of How to Train Your Dragon, and countless other “weakling makes good” stories, Lug has big problems to solve. He is on his own, since he was banished by the Big Man who leads his tribe. Lug takes the banishment in stride until he realizes that the Big Man’s son, a first rate bully, is also banished. The son can get back into the tribe by killing Lug. Now Lug has to survive on his own, stop the Big Man’s son, find a way back into his tribe, and save the world. It is a tall order, but one he faces with more humor than angst. Lug’s new friend Echo and a woolly mammoth that can both talk and draw both help him. These characters add to the comedy, even as the story has serious moments. Reviewer: Amy S. Hansen; Ages 7 to 12.School Library Journal
06/01/2014Gr 3–5—Life as a caveboy is rough. You constantly have to prove yourself by bashing anything that moves with your club. For Lug, it's the complete opposite of who he is. Lug is an artist who would much rather paint on the walls of a cave than smash skulls with his club. In Lug's words, "paintings don't tell you what to do, or call you names, or make you feel small or worthless." Ultimately, the protagonist is banished from his tribe because of his lack of bravery. He meets a vegetarian animal whisperer named Echo along with his tribesman Stony, and they work together to save their fighting clans from the impending deep freeze. This book is filled with humor but also a deeper message of learning to accept who you are and not backing down from what you are passionate about. The novel lends itself to discussions of bullying and accepting differences. Readers who are unfamiliar with the Ice Age could benefit from pairing this work with informational texts on the animals and climate of the time period. A roaring addition for public and school libraries.—Andy Plemmons, David C. Barrow Elementary, Athens, GA
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2014-07-01A Stone Age comedy features a caveboy guilty of "uncavemanlike behavior." The summary exile that Lug earns by failing to capture a "jungle llama" to ride in an upcoming headstone match turns out to be a blessing in disguise, as it leads to a meeting with Hamela—a member of the rival Boar Rider clan who has turned from the customary all-dodo diet to vegetarianism. She in turn introduces him to Woolly, an errant young mammoth atop whom he goes on to lead his headstone team to victory. Lug lands in further hot water when his forbidden cave paintings are discovered—but following the arrival of snow, a pride of saber tooth tigers and more mammoths, he manages to convince at least some of his simpleminded people that big changes are coming. By the end, he even has them using fire ("storm light"). The animals all talk (except the dodos), and Lug's frog-licking proto-hippie sidekick leads a notably rock-headed supporting cast. Happily, characters speak in complete sentences and with standard syntax, and the banter is nicely snappy. Preliminary sketches indicate that suitably primitive art will accompany the story. Fred Flintstone would feel right at home in this light-as-pumice comedy. (Fantasy. 9-11)