Now that the strange war is over, sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister struggle to maintain their family farm, waiting to see who will return from the distant battlefield, soon hiring a veteran to help them but, as ugly truths about their family emerge, Hallie is taking dangerous risks and keeping desperate secrets while monsters and armies converge on the small farm.
Audience
670 Lexile.
670L Lexile
Study Program
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 13 188038
Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.1 13 188038
Summary
After the the war against a dark god, sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister, Marthe, hire a wandering veteran to help them hold the farm together while waiting for Marthe's husband to return, but the man brings with him phantoms from the war.