Inkmistress
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9780062433282
Pages
393 pages
Genre
Fantasy
Format
Novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves. When bandits threaten Ina's village, Asra uses her blood magic to try and help but her spell goes horribly wrong. Ina takes a savage dragon asher manifest, and swears revenge on the king, unaware Asra is at fault. To stop Ina, Asra becomes a player in lethal games among assassins, gods, and even the king himself.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Legal guardianship; Biracial; Bisexuality; legal guardian; orphan; mixed race; bisexual teenager
Main Character
Female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Mixed race
Awards
Rainbow List, 2019 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
demigods; dragons; magical science; villages; quests; gods; healers
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Coulthurst, Audrey, "Inkmistress" (2018). Diverse Families. 2147.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2147