num_pages: 544
description: Meet Tess a brave new heroine from beloved epic fantasy author Rachel Hartman.In the medieval kingdom of Goredd women are expected to be ladies men are their protectors and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess stubbornly is a troublemaker. You cant make a scene at your sisters wedding and break a relatives nose with one punch (no matter how pompous he is) and not suffer the consequences. As her family plans to send her to a nunnery Tess yanks on her boots and sets out on a journey across the Southlands alone and pretending to be a boy.Where Tess is headed is a mystery even to her. So when she runs into an old friend its a stroke of luck. This friend is a quigutla subspecies of dragonwho gives her both a purpose and protection on the road. But Tess is guarding a troubling secret. Her tumultuous past is a heavy burden to carry and the memories shes tried to forget threaten to expose her to the world in more ways than one.Returning to the fascinating world she created in the award-winning and New York Times bestselling Seraphina Rachel Hartman introduces readers to a new character and a new quest pushing the boundaries of genre once again in this wholly original fantasy.
language: English
title: Tess of the Road
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers