![]() Shield is the prequel to another Watkins novel, Medallion, which follows the story of Trave, a distant offspring of Innera’s line. To counteract the dark entertainments that generally attract today’s tweens, Dawn Watkins peppers her book with wholesome quips from Innera’s respected herbalist grandmother: “Good unguarded is good lost” (Kindle Loc.93) and “Evil will thrive only when the good allow it” (Kindle Loc.772) being some examples. ![]() ![]() Shield is a healthy taste of fanciful fiction for youth in an age too filled with vampires and black magic, too saturated with dystopian dreams. Innera of Dider, a fanciful nation under the oppression of attackers, must trek the mountains and valleys of her world to return a special shield to a king who may no longer be alive. ![]() Set in a fanciful time when generals trained lizards for war, when princesses hid libraries from invaders, and when everyone from grandmothers to youth wielded swords for their very survival, Shield shares the story of a young girl named Innera who is caught in the midst of a war of nations. ![]()
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