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Glass Girl Kindle Edition

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The dragon of Kural is dreaming of a song that is not his. He stirs and tries to shrug, but his wings are pinned.

Seventeen-year-old Emlin is about to become a fully-fledged crafter of dragon-inspired stained glass. Then her mother is murdered following a mysterious, nighttime trip to the palace.

The Watch hasn’t a clue who the murderer is, so Emlin vows to find the killer herself. A series of attacks on her and her sister glassmakers makes her suspect that the attacker is keen to destroy the glass crafthouse, an event that would weaken the island’s connection to its dragon and leave it vulnerable.

Dogged by a curious if charming scholar who can’t keep his nose out of her business, she questions anyone her mother saw in the days before her death, finds herself breaking dragon-given laws, and learns things about her mother that call into question whether she’ll ever become a glassmaker — assuming she lives long enough.

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245 pages
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Publication date

May 6, 2023
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14 - 18 years
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"Glass Girl is a page-turning crime novel set in a fantasy world with a dynamic teen protagonist."--Windy City Reviews

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C3T2Y961
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Inspired Quill (May 6, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1166 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 245 pages

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- #2,091 in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
- #3,174 in Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
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Dorothy A. Winsor writes young adult and middle grade fantasy. Her novels include Finders Keepers (Zharmae, 2015), Deep as a Tomb (Loose Leave Publishing, 2016), The Wind Reader (2018), The Wysman (2019), and The Trickster (2021), all published by Inspired Quill. Glass Girl will be out in May, 2023. At one time, Winsor taught technical writing at Iowa State University and GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering). She then discovered that writing fiction is much more fun and has never looked back. Visit Winsor's blog at dawinsor (dot) com or chat with her on twitter @dorothywinsor.

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MRK

Danger, double-dealing and dragons

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2023

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As a talented young craftswoman and the daughter of her island’s leading maker of dragon-inspired glasswork, Emlin has a bright future ahead of her. Then, her mother is brutally murdered, thrusting Emlin into a treacherous maze of deceit and political intrigue as she struggles to overcome her grief, find her mother’s murderer, and protect her friends. New discoveries make her doubt everything she thought she knew about her mother - and herself - while she navigates the dangerous world of palace intrigue and struggles to distinguish friend from foe. Discovering that the stakes are even higher than she dreamed, but confused about whom to trust and struggling with self-doubt, compromises ethical principles she once thought inviolable, then almost gives up in despair - only to finally call on her talent as a glassmaker and gamble everything in a dangerous plan that could avert disaster - and maybe even get the attention of the island’s long-sleeping dragon.

What a fantastic coming-of-age tale with a resoundingly satisfying ending. Emlin is a wonderfully engaging, clever, pragmatic, and realistic main character. Emlin’s character arc, as she’s forced to absorb and process newly-revealed complexities in her mother’s character, and decide how to fit the mysterious Dain into her personal narrative, is a wonderful counterpoint to the murder mystery and high-stakes political intrigue. And lastly, the brother act in the last third of the book makes me wish hard for a sequel. A wonderful read.

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Carol PW

A lovely book

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2023

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I very much enjoyed the previous books from this author, and I think this is her best one yet! Perfect for the times - evil people doing evil, good people being confused, clueless people messing things up, and a hard time telling which were which. Looking forward to the next one, and hope it will be soon.

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Christianna

couldn’t put it down

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023

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Dorothy Winsor is a writing wizard. World builder. Embodied, complex characters, each with secrets. Exquisite writing. This is her best book so far.

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D. Neal

Great characters, intriguing society, and dragons!

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024

This book sets up a society, a murder mystery, a political dilemma, and characters trying to figure out what is going on and what role they should play. I enjoyed it as an adult, and I found myself staying up to finish it to find out what happened. There were a few twists and turns at the end!

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Emzy Strong

Fabulous story

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2023

I received a free copy of this book and I am leaving an honest review. This is a wonderful story. The world building is beautiful. The characters cling to your heart. The plot is very intriguing with a lot of twists in it. The writing was very well done. I loved the way the author created this marvelous journey. It leads the reader through such highs and lows while incorporating the backstory and history of the world. All in all it is beautiful.

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gary couch

The writers style drew me in

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2023

I am not an avid novel reader but Dorothy Winsor's Glass Girl drew me in. Dorothy's descriptive style of writing put me in the workshop, the village, etc. and I could really visualize the characters. The twists and turns of this mystery fantasy were clever. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Glass Girl.

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Susan O'Shaughnessy

Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2023

Doo! It's a good thing Kural's dragon loves spies!

"... we were a crafthouse full of champion women liars who drew men liars as visitors." Emlin is following in her mother's footsteps as a glass craftswoman. However, she seems to have inherited her mother's traits of secrecy and lying as well. Such behaviors may get Emlin out of tight spots from time to time, but they also limit and bind relationships. As Emlin herself says, "How did anyone ever come to know what someone else was really like?"

Engaging characters, well-researched insights into glassmaking, and a thrilling climax. I especially enjoyed the "Night Flights" passages that appear throughout the book.

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