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Lucys Chantress magic will make her the most powerfuland most huntedgirl in England.Sing, and the darkness will find you. This warning has haunted fifteen-year-old Lucy ever since she was eight and shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucys guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. Now it is 1667, Lucy is fifteen, and on All Hallows Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She cant help but singand she is swept into darkness. When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresseswomen who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector.
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Amy Butler Greenfield was a history graduate student when she gave into temptation and became a writer. Since then, she's become an award-winning author.Amy grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and later studied history at Williams College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Oxford. Among other honors, her books have won the PEN/Albrand Award, a Beacon of Freedom Award, and the Prix du Livre Environnement. Her first mystery was a finalist for an Edgar Award. Amy lives with her family in England, where she writes, plots mischief, and bakes double-dark-chocolate cake.You can find her at www.amybutlergreenfield.com.
