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Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is... read more
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Characters edit
- Gaia Stone: A sixteen-year old midwife who runs away from her home town, Wharfton, and the harsh government, the Enclave, to survive
- Maya: Gaia's infant sister.
- Leon: An officer in the Enclave, and the son of the dictator. He is very close to Gaia, and a possible love interest
- Matrarc Olivia: The leader of Sylum, who is fair but unmoving in her methods
- Dominic: Matrarc Olivia's husband
- Mx. Josephine: A seventeen-year old libby. A libby is a woman who chooses not to marry or has a child out of wedlock and is stripped of the right to ever marry or keep her children
- Mx. Dinah: A self-proclaimed libby who rooms with Mx. Josephine
- Walker Xave: One of the strongest, most handsome men of the pool. Also the most selfish and womanizing
- Chardo Peter: One of the men of the pool vying for Gaia's affections. A brother to Chardo Will
- Chardo Will: Chardo Peter's twenty-two year old brother. He is the town morteur or mortician
- Mlady Maudie: Runs the lodge where Gaia is living. She is a member of the cuzines, women who have chosen to marry and bear children as a part of Sylum's rules. They have the right to vote and govern all the men who are considered second-class citizens
- Mlass Peony: A young girl who spends a night with Xave, and comes to Gaia for help when all hope seems lost
- Norris: The cook in the lodge. He is an expool, which means he cannot have children, nor get married
- Mlady Adele: A cuzine who cares for Gaia's infant sister Maya
Quotes edit
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“"I can't be on your lap," she said. "Well, excuse me. You are. I would know."”
Gaia and Leon -
“"Marry you? Are you out of your mind?" she asked. "Not at all. Think about it. It would solve all kinds of problems."”
Gaia and Leon -
“She gripped the edge of the table, stunned by the enormity of what he'd admitted. He'd loved her all that time, when she hadn't even known, when loving her had brought him suffering and prison and heartache.”
Gaia thinking of Leon -
“"Tell Mx. Josephine not to worry," Gaia said. "It's really not so bad." "It looks like a regular picnic," Dinah said.”
Gaia and Dinah -
“"I had to sit beside you and do nothing, all that time," he said. She hadn't guessed what that would be like for him. She tried to pull his hair, and when he looked up again, the traces of agony were written plainly in his features.”
Leon -
“Leon smiled slightly. "You're having a very bad day, aren't you?" "That's what it is," she said, with a choked laugh. How he could make her feel a little better, even then, she didn't know.”
Leon and Gaia -
“And for once, she was happy. Very.”
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“It isn’t easy to give up what you believe in, Mlass Gaia. It just matters what you believe in more.”
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“It isn’t always easy between us. I admit that. But it’s right between us, always.”
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“I think the person who has to live most closely with the consequences of a decision should be the one to make it.”
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“I lied, all those weeks ago. About my wish,” he said. His eyes gleamed with a quiet, private light. “This is what I was really thinking.”
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“I’m beginning to think gratitude is the opposite of curiosity,”
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For a moment, holding something as ephemeral as a feather, she felt like she and her mother and grandmother were the same person, sharing the same pain and love, just repeating in different generations.
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First Sentence edit
She grabbed the hilt of her knife and scrambled backward into the darkness, holding the baby close in her other arm.
Table of Contents edit
1- the wasteland
2- libbies
3- a deal
4- peony's request
5- in the morteur's barn
6- concoction
7- chainmates
8- a period of reflextion
9- brothers
10- shirts and skins
11- the thirty-two games
12- prize
13- loyalty
14- riding double
15- chicken
16- bachsdatters' island
17- bow and stern
18- the winner's cabin
19- lightning bugs
20- innocence
21- cinnamon
22- paradise
23- the tribunal
24- the stocks
25- the matrarc's choice
26- power
27- further
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Birthmarked. (standard series)
Preceded by Birthmarked, and followed by Promised.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Caragh M. O'Brien (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 8, 2011
ISBN: 978-1596435704
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 8, 2011
ISBN: 978-1596435704
Page Count: 368
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