Five Lands Interconnected Saga YA

Candy Trees and High Seas: A Hansel and Gretel Retelling (Five Lands Interconnected Saga YA) Publisher's Summary

Five years after stumbling onto a honeyholea powerful commodity in the candy-filled region of Bombónteenaged twins Yansel and Graciela are forced to reckon with Lu Vine, a powerful candy dealer who will do anything to get his hands on the hole's sugary wealth, including prying the twins apart.

Yansel is forced into conscription on a candy ship, and Graciela is abandoned to the wilds. Determined to reunite their family and save their father's legacy from desolation and their region from famine, they set off on a trail of breadcrumbs, high seas, pirates, and true love.

YA Fantasy readers who loved Tress of the Emerald Sea and Impossible Creatures and the delicate way hard issues were tackled in Fighting Words will find Candy Trees and High Seas will find Candy Trees and High Seas an irresistible adventure.

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