The Continent
For her sixteenth birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire—a trip to the Continent. It seems an unlikely destination for a holiday: a cold, desolate land where two “uncivilized” nations remain perpetually at war. Most citizens tour the Continent to see the spectacle and...
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For her sixteenth birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire—a trip to the Continent. It seems an unlikely destination for a holiday: a cold, desolate land where two “uncivilized” nations remain perpetually at war. Most citizens tour the Continent to see the spectacle and violence of battle—a thing long vanished in the Spire. For Vaela—a smart and
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780373212392 (0373212399)
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: The Continent (#1)
For those unaware of the controversy surrounding this book: This advanced reading copy was released late last year, and was immediately picked apart by reviewers that got their hands on it as being extremely racist and horribly insensitive. It blew up enough that Harlequin Teen has postponed the rel...
Look, if it's that easy for a PoC to deconstruct all the ways in which this book is horribly racist, then there is something wrong. If YOU as a white person cannot see that, then that's a product of your own privilege and you either need to step the goddamn back and reassess or at the very least shu...