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Once upon a time, a girl rescued her six brothers from a spell that had turned them into swans. But one boy, Ardwin, was left with the scar of the spell's last gasp: one arm remained a wing. And while Ardwin yearned to find a place in his father's kingdom, the wing whispered to him of open sky and rushing wind.

Marked by difference, Ardwin sets out to discover who he is: bird or boy, crippled or sound, cursed or blessed. But followed by the cold eye of a sorceress and with war rumbling at his kingdom's borders, Ardwin's path may lead him not to enlightenment, but into unimaginable danger.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Rafe Martin

Children's author and storyteller Rafe Martin's works include Will's Mammoth and The Boy Who Loved Mammoths. He was inspired by the stories his parents and grandparents told him when he was a child.

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