![]() ![]() As Elske seeks to find her true self and Beriel battles to reclaim what is rightfully hers, both discover the value, and the price, of reaching the journey's end. ![]() With immense power and compassion, Cynthia Voigt, Newbery Medalist, depicts the parallel quests of two extraordinary young women. What Beriel did not have was the one thing she valued above all else, and that was the throne to her kingdom. She had always made her own choices, even when they were forced upon her. ![]() She had always had a heart, and a stubborn one. Perfection Learning, 2001 - Juvenile Fiction - 245 pages. But the princess Beriel had always known who she was and what she was worth. Elske discovers her own strength as she joins Beriel in her fight to claim her birthright. Elske (Tales of the Kingdom 4) by Cynthia Voigt, 1999, Atheneum Books edition, in English - 1st ed. And she never knew her own value, until she met the man who understood her strength, and who could taste the honey in her name: Elske. She never knew she had a choice, until she chose to trust the princess she was told to serve. She never knew she had a heart, until she set out on a journey north to live among strangers. ![]() From the time she was a child, she was prepared to sacrifice her life when the Volkking summoned her. ![]()
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