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Language English Pages 448 Originally published 2015 Page count 448 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Series Stand-alone Media type Print (hardcover) ISBN 978-0804179034 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Hugo Award for Best Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Similar Naomi Novik books, Nebula Award for Best Novel winners, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uprooted is a 2015 fantasy novel written by Naomi Novik. The book is standalone, unlike Novik's other fantasy series.
Contents
Ellen DeGeneres will produce the movie adaptation after Warner Brothers purchased the rights.
Synopsis
Agnieszka lives in the village of Dvernik, where every ten years, the local wizard (known as "the Dragon") collects one teenage girl as payment for protecting the villagers from the magical forest that surrounds them. When, against all odds, the Dragon selects Agnieszka, both their lives begin to change in ways that nobody expected.
Reception
Uprooted won the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and the 2016 Mythopoeic Award in the category Adult Literature. It was also nominated for the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel.