![]() ![]() ![]() The poachers are dangerous, but so are the dynamics of the girls themselves as they fight one another and struggle to survive. She does receive an unwanted veil and leaves with the rest of the girls and the guards who are to protect them from the poachers who will kill them, dissect them, and sell what’s left of them back to the settlement as medicine. She has no fear of the menial labor she will be assigned if not chosen as a bride. She has seen the condition of the girls who return. Tierney dreads this “grace year.” She has no desire to be married. Gr 9 Up–At the age of 16, all girls are banished so that they can release their magic, which “lures men from their beds, makes boys lose their minds, and drives the wives mad with jealousy.” Before they are sent away, the chosen girls are given a veil signifying that they will be married when-and if-they return. ![]()
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