num_pages: 256
description: Lena has a secret: the touch of her skin can kill. Cursed by a witch before she was born Lena has always lived in fear and isolation. But after a devastating mistake she and her father are forced to flee to a village near the Silence a mysterious forest with a reputation for luring people into the trees never to be seen againUntil the night an enigmatic girl stumbles out of the Silence and into Lenas sheltered world. Miranda comes from the Gather a city in the forest brimming with magic. She is on a quest to wake a sleeping princess believed to hold the key to liberating the Gather from its tyrannical rulerand she offers Lena a bargain. If Lena assists her on her journey Miranda will help her break the curse.Mesmerized by Miranda and her promise of a new life Lena jumps at the chance. But the deeper into the Silence she goes the more she suspects shes been lied toabout her familys history her curse and her future. As the shadows close in Lena must choose who to trust and decide whether its more important to have freedomor power.
language: English
title: Briar Girls
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers