Spark

Name: Spark
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
ISBN: 9781501998874

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Narrator: Eevin Hartsough

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/14/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep-and secret-cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth. Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs for a storm beast of her own. But when the gentle girl bonds with a lightning beast-a creature of fire and chaos-everyone's certain it's a mistake. Everyone but Mina and the beast himself, Pixit. Quickly enrolled in lightning school, Mina struggles to master a guardian's skills, and she discovers that her country's weather comes at a devastating cost-a cost powerful people wish to hide. Mina's never been the type to speak out, but someone has to tell the truth, and, with Pixit's help, she resolves to find a way to be heard.

About Sarah Beth Durst

SARAH BETH DURST is the author of over twenty-five fantasy books for adults, teens, and kids, including The Queens of Renthia series, Drink Slay Love, and Spark. She has won an American Library Association Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award three times. She lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her children, and her ill-mannered cat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sisters Three on March 21, 2022

Yes! Score! Good dragon book! *Gives author high five* Longer review coming soon! One of us left to read this and we know she's gonna love it!!! Can't wait for Rissy to read it! ~Kayti and Jaidie......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on April 30, 2019

I loved this one so much! Spark is a heartwarming middle grade fantasy novel about how even quiet kids can be brave and find their voice for change. It is a beautiful story about Mina, a shy girl with social anxiety and her lightning dragon as they show everyone who they really are and what they are......more

Goodreads review by Mary on May 13, 2019

Mina is not destined for greatness, she is quiet, always does her best and what is right and a very deliberate person. Her whole life has been spent preparing for the time when she gets her own weather beast and can contribute to society, but when her egg finally hatches, no one expected that she w......more

Goodreads review by Wendi on December 11, 2018

Mina has grown up in a family of storm guardians, and expects to hatch a beast and nurture skills to help out on the farm. When it turns out that her hatchling is a lightning beast, quiet Mina's life takes an unexpected turn. Lightning guardians train at a special school, and are expected to take bo......more

Goodreads review by Jaiden on March 21, 2022

'Even the quiest voice can change the world' Whoa! This was such an awesome read! I loved all the characters! Minna was just so relatable to me! The way she was so quiet and didn't think she fit in is just so relatable! Like wow! This was amazing! The story line was incredible! And it was so beautif......more