The Sweet Far Thing

Description

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.From the Hardcover edition.

Description

At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

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Genres

• Fiction

Series Statement

• Gemma Doyle

Other Editions

• The Sweet Far ThingDelacorte Press2007-01-01
• The Sweet Far ThingElectronic resourceRandom House Children's Books2007-01-01
• The Sweet Far ThingDelacorte Press2007-01-01
• The Sweet Far ThingDelacorte Books for Young Readers2007-12-26
• The Sweet Far ThingAudio CDBrand: Listening Library (Audio)2007-12-26
• The Sweet Far ThingDelacorte Books for Young Readers2007-12-26