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Synopsis
"An African tightrope walker who cannot die gets involved with a mysterious society that's convinced the world is ending and is drafted into the fight-to-the-death Tournament of Freaks, where she learns the terrible truth of who and what she really is"--
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Is The Bones of Ruin (Bones of Ruin Trilogy) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This book features a fight-to-the-death tournament with strong violence, an immortal protagonist exploring her mysterious origins, and themes of racism in a Victorian-era setting. The Tournament of Freaks involves graphic combat and death.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include graphic violence, murder, captivity, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the mystery of an immortal circus performer who must fight in a deadly tournament to discover who she really is.