A Hunger of Thorns

When Maud hit puberty she lost her wild magic and her best friend, Odette, rejected her--but now Odette has disappeared, her magic leading her down dark paths, and Maud knows that to rescue her former friend she will have to tread the same paths into a wild, dangerous world.

Lili Wilkinson is the author of sixteen novels in Australia, including Green Valentine, The Boundless Sublime, and After the Lights Go Out. She established insideadog.com.au and the Inky Awards at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. Lili has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and now spends most of her time reading and writing books for teenagers. A Hunger of Thorns is her first fantasy novel.