Q. I really loved the book Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Could you recommend some other books like it?
Uprooted is A. a stand-alone fantasy novel about a young woman named Agnieszka, whose birth during a particular year makes her eligible to be taken by the Dragon. Dragon is a powerful wizard who protects Agnieszka’s village and the rest of the kingdom from an encroaching evil called the poisoned Wood. Every 10 years, Dragon leaves his marble tower to select a girl from the village to live with him. No one knows what Dragon does with these girls during their servitude. But after 10 years, the girls are seen emerging from the tower free and healthy, and always determined to leave the valley and village for better things. If you search for
Uprooted in the San Marcos Public Library catalog, which can be found on the library’s website (sanmarcostx. gov/Library), there is an option to click on Related and Similar Titles. This is always a good place to start when looking for similar books to a title that you enjoyed.
