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Lena Coakley
Lena Coakley’s YA fantasy, Witchlanders, was called “one stunning teen debut” by Kirkus Reviews and won an SCBWI Crystal Kite award. Her second novel, Worlds of Ink and Shadow, is a portal fantasy about the young Brontë siblings and the imaginary countries they wrote about in childhood. It’s... show more



Lena Coakley’s YA fantasy, Witchlanders, was called “one stunning teen debut” by Kirkus Reviews and won an SCBWI Crystal Kite award. Her second novel, Worlds of Ink and Shadow, is a portal fantasy about the young Brontë siblings and the imaginary countries they wrote about in childhood. It’s just out from Amulet Books in the US and Harper Collins Canada in Canada. She lives in Toronto and is the current Vice President of CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers.

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Reading with a Vengeance
Reading with a Vengeance rated it 12 years ago
Confession time: I picked up this book expecting it to be bad. But, you know, one of those enjoyable bad books that people love to snark at. I WAS WRONG. IT WAS AWESOME. Despite a cover that looks like it’s going to be all about a sad witchy girl finding love in the middle of winter and ignoring...
katesimone reads...a lot
katesimone reads...a lot rated it 12 years ago
This is really a 2.5...
Blame It On the Books
Blame It On the Books rated it 12 years ago
“We live between the two great silences: the silence that existed before the world began, and the silence that waits for us at the end of all things.” It has been a while since I was able to read a fantasy novel. I love the way how I am brought to a new world with it's myths, religion, traditions an...
I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it 12 years ago
Huh. Looks cool. Plus I love the cover.
In Libris Veritas
In Libris Veritas rated it 13 years ago
This was another one of those blind library picks where I knew next to nothing about the book before picking it up, and what a wonderful read it turned out to be.The world Coakley introduces is full of magic both literally and figuratively. She manages to weave in so much rich lore and detail that y...
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