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The bone charmer6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() I’m not sure how many drops of blood splashed into the basin. When I was five days old, my mother dangled me over a stone basin that was heavy with the shoulder blades of an ox and pierced my heel with a sewing needle. It’s how my whole life has been determined-with bones and blood and snapping flames. ![]() Tomorrow my future will be decided by my dead gran’s finger bones. Now she will live her two potential paths simultaneously. Broken bones are always bad luck, but this particular set of bones have been infused with extra magic, and so the break has devastating consequences-Saskia’s future has split as well. Their argument leads to a fracture in one of the bones. Saskia knows her mother saw multiple paths for her, yet chose one she knew Saskia wouldn’t want. Match-making reading that pairs her with Bram-a boy who has suspicious She receives anĪssignment to train as a Bone Charmer, like her mother, and even worse, a Seventeen-year-olds-Saskia’s worst fears come true. Reading that determines the apprenticeships of all ![]() Each village has a designated seer who performs readings for the townsfolk, and in Midwood, the Bone Charmer is Saskia’s mother. They tell the future, reveal the past, and expose secrets in the present. In Saskia’s world, bones are the source of all power. The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields, published May 21st, 2019 by Page Street Kids. ![]()
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