Arcadia Awakens (Arcadia Awakens - Trilogy) - Hardcover

"Those interested in stories of forbidden love and family secrets will enjoy reading as Rosa is faced with her family's mafia ties and dark secrets. This is a worthy addition to any teen collection, especially those who find their patrons gravitating toward darker fantasy."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Constant, shifting peril from multiple antagonists keep the tension high and the plot barreling forward, and readers will be clamoring for the next installment from this veteran German fantasist."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Constant, shifting peril from multiple antagonists keep the tension high and the plot barreling forward, and readers will be clamoring for the next installment from this veteran German fantasist. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"

Those interested in stories of forbidden love and family secrets will enjoy reading as Rosa is faced with her family s mafia ties and dark secrets. This is a worthy addition to any teen collection, especially those who find their patrons gravitating toward darker fantasy. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)"

A first installment in a trilogy by the award-winning German author of The Water Mirror places a modern, paranormal spin on the Romeo and Juliet story that finds Brooklyn resident Rosa traveling to her ancestral home in Sicily and falling in love with the shapeshifting son of a rival mafia family. 35,000 first printing.