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Sorrow's knot

Erin Bow (2013)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages342 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.78/5 (1251)

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Synopsis

Otter is a girl of the Shadowed People, a tribe of women, and she is born to be a binder, a woman whose power it is to tie the knots that bind the dead--but she is also destined to remake her world. Otter is a girl of the Shadowed People, a tribe of women, and she is born to be a binder, a woman whose power it is to tie the knots that bind the dead, but she is also destined to remake her world.

Tags

Cultural FantasyNecromancyIndigenous-InspiredGhost StoryMatriarchal Society