Cattra's Legacy

by Anna Mackenzie
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Cattra's Legacy, Anna Mackenzie

Magnificent YA fantasy adventure story, with a romance at its heart, this book is a page-turner.

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    ISBN: 9781775533184
    Published: 05/04/2013
    Imprint: Longacre Child
    Extent: 352 pages
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    ISBN: 9781775533191
    Published: 05/04/2013
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    Extent: 357 pages
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Magnificent YA fantasy adventure story, with a romance at its heart, this book is a page-turner.

This is a richly imagined fantasy adventure story, beautifully and forcefully written by NZ Post Award-winning Anna Mackenzie.

Risha is strong and outspoken, and at 16 has developed into a leader of men, a strategic thinker, and a woman — one can imagine — who will assume the legacy left by her mother.

The story begins with 13-year-old Risha living a simple life in the mountains with her father. When her father suddenly dies, Risha is left alone, an outcast of her village. Disguised as a boy, Risha leaves the village with a group of traders, on a quest to find out the truth about her mother and her heritage.

Here begins a grand sweeping adventure as Risha is caught up in dangerous pursuits, intrigue, trickery and betrayal. She is left for dead, confused by the actions of many, and is made to hide from those who wish her harm.

She finds out by chance that she is Cattra's daughter. Who is Cattra — and why do so many wish Risha harm?

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    ashley0808

    11 days ago

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    I really loved this book. I thought that it was very interesting because all of the characters had very interesting and unusual names which I loved. I didn't find one conventional name which was very unique. I really liked the style of writing because it was very descriptive and detailed and I could picture everything that Mackenzie was trying to say. For example, "Risha's stomach emptied so often she was retching thin green trails of bile". I really love this line because I can clearly picture in my head what was happening to Risha. I also knew exactly how she felt because I have been through that before as well. Overall, I really loved this novel and it made me think about what it would have been like if I had lived a life like Risha. Her lifestyle is so different from mine and I loved seeing a different point of view of how you can live life. This book told me that it doesn't matter where are in the world, it only matters who you have got with you.

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    Annie

    April 2013

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    This was a beautifully told story. I was captivated from the very first page and could not put it down. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and what was going to happen to Risha. Risha was such a strong character and it really helped me as the reader to engage in the book and wanting to see what she would do next and how she would react to certain events. There were some characters in the novel that I was rooting for the whole time, which just proves that Anna Mackenzie really knows how to develop characters. Aside from the people themselves, the journey that Risha takes is so thrilling, it was so easy to want to keep reading. There were time jumps in the novel, but it didn't detract from the story at all. If anything, it made it stronger knowing these characters were aging and developing over time. I was trying to guess who the good and the bad guys were throughout and was often surprised. I had no idea if I would like this story or not. Turns out I absolutely loved it. However, I am left many more questions at the end than I had throughout the story.