Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
<b>A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world&#8212;but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination </b><p><br><p>Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks&#8212;and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.<p><br><p>But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.<p><br><p>It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of...