Under Different Stars
Kricket was a casualty of the foster care system - she's not a high priestess! But that's what she finds out, and not even human. What follows drops Kricket in the middle of a war, with constant questions of who is friend who is foe.
Picked by @masmith.
About: Alien, alien species, amy a. bartol, Fantasy, Fiction, found family, identity discovery, Magic, military conflict, novel
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