The Secrets of Solace, by Jaleigh Johnson | Book Spotlight

The Children’s Book Review | March 12, 2016

Age Range: 10+

Hardcover: 384 pages

About the Book

THE SECRETS OF SOLACE

Written by Jaleigh Johnson

Publisher’s Synopsis: Lina Winterbock lives in the mountain strongholds of Solace. She’s an apprentice to the archivists, the wise men and women whose lives are dedicated to cataloging, studying, and preserving the objects that mysteriously fall from the sky in the scrap towns. Lina should be spending her days with books, but the Iron War has changed everything. The strongholds are now a refuge, so instead, Lina spends her days exploring the hidden tunnels and passages of her home.

The strongholds are vast and old, with twisting paths and abandoned rooms, some of them containing objects that have been lost and forgotten even by the archivists. And in one of the collapsed chambers, Lina discovers a secret. Hidden deep in a cavern is a half-buried airship like nothing she has ever seen before. She’s determined to dig it out and restore it. But Lina needs help, and she doesn’t know anyone she can trust with her secret.

Then she meets Ozben, a mysterious boy who has a secret of his own—a secret so dangerous it could change the course of the Iron War and the world of Solace forever.

Ages 10+ | Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 2015 | ISBN-13: 978-0385376488

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About Jaleigh Johnson

JALEIGH JOHNSON is a lifelong reader, gamer, and moviegoer. She loves nothing better than to escape into fictional worlds and take part in fantastic adventures. She lives and writes in the wilds of the Midwest, but you can visit her online at jaleighjohnson.com or on Twitter at @JaleighJohnson.

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