Kids Book of The Day:
Broken Cloud: the first sunrise
by Ray Anyasi
4.4 stars – 7 reviews
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Here’s the set-up:
Prince Ikan is Heir Apparent Prince of the Kingdom of Iluji where an ancient spell cast a mighty cloud over in the sky of the Kingdom so that the sun does not shine on the land. To make the spell of darkness go away, kings traditionally offer slave girls in a ‘grand sacrifice’ to the gods of the land, but none had ever been successful.
By the bank of The King’s Flow river, Ikan meets Sarie, a slave girl on the verge of committing a grave offence of swimming in the river, but he could not resist her charm and begins to nurse the idea of a secret affair. Any romantic relationship between a slave girl and a freeborn is a taboo punished by hanging the slave girl. The Prince and the slave would hope the darkness will hide them while he swears to protect her with his life. When a prophecy comes from the priests that Ikan will be the prince to bring sunlight to Iluji, he finds himself in a deathly dilemma. When the Queen insists Sarie must be the slave girl he sacrifices, Ikan realizes he would never be powerful enough to protect Sarie from his mother. He has to choose between saving the only girl he has ever loved or absconding from his destiny and let his people continue in the curse of darkness.
By the bank of The King’s Flow river, Ikan meets Sarie, a slave girl on the verge of committing a grave offence of swimming in the river, but he could not resist her charm and begins to nurse the idea of a secret affair. Any romantic relationship between a slave girl and a freeborn is a taboo punished by hanging the slave girl. The Prince and the slave would hope the darkness will hide them while he swears to protect her with his life. When a prophecy comes from the priests that Ikan will be the prince to bring sunlight to Iluji, he finds himself in a deathly dilemma. When the Queen insists Sarie must be the slave girl he sacrifices, Ikan realizes he would never be powerful enough to protect Sarie from his mother. He has to choose between saving the only girl he has ever loved or absconding from his destiny and let his people continue in the curse of darkness.
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The Spectacular Life of Benito Martin del Canto
by David Towner
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