![]() ![]() Neither Kalinda nor her best friend Jaya wish to be Claimed they are content to live a peaceful life in the Sisterhood, yet are committed to the will of the gods.īut when the powerful tyrant Rajah Tarek visits the Sisterhood, Kalinda is chosen as his 100th - and final - wife. However, Kalinda is an unlikely candidate to become a rani or courtesan because she's been plagued by fevers her whole life. Orphaned 18-year-old Kalinda has spent her life with the Sisterhood in the Samiya Temple, where she and other girls are trained to fight in preparation for the Claiming. King's debut young adult fantasy novel, "The Hundredth Queen," plunges readers into a fantasy world full of love, betrayal, rebellion and magic. King, Skyscape, $9.99, 324 pages (f) (ages 13 and up)Įmily R. ![]()
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