Space-farmer Rae Darling is kidnapped and trained to become a warrior against her own people in this adventurous middle grade space western that тАЬwill lasso readers and have them hoping for a sequelтАЭ (Booklist).
Rae Darling and her family are colonists on a moon so obscure it doesnтАЩt merit a name. Life is hard, water is scarce, and the farm work she does is grueling. But Rae and her sister Temple are faced with an added complicationтАФbeing female is a serious liability in their strict society. Even worse, the CheeseтАФthe colonistsтАЩ name for the native people on the moonтАФsometimes kidnap girls from the human colony. And when RaeтАЩs impetuous actions disrupt the fragile peace, the Cheese come for her and Temple.
Though Rae and Temple are captives in the Cheese society, they are shocked to discover a community full of kindness and acceptance. Where the human colonists subjugated women, the Cheese train the girls to become fierce warriors. Over time, Temple forgets her past and becomes one of the Cheese, but Rae continues to wonder where her loyalties truly lie. When her training is up, will she really be able to raid her former colony? Can she kidnap other girls, even if she might be recruiting them to a better life?
When a Cheese raid goes wrong and the humans retaliate, RaeтАЩs loyalty is put to the ultimate test. Can Rae find a way to restore peaceтАФand preserve both sides of herself?
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