Midnight robber

Description:

PRISONER OF NEW HALF-WAY TREE It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. But to young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgivable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Here Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth--and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life . . . and set her free.

subjects: Fiction,  Science Fiction,  Criminals, fiction,  Caribbean area, fiction,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  Crime, fiction,  collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=honor,  Fathers and daughters,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  FICTION / African American / Women,  FICTION / Coming of Age,  FICTION / Cultural Heritage,  FICTION / Dystopian,  FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary,  FICTION / Women

Places: Caribbean Area