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Sona and the Golden Beasts

Rajani LaRocca

Ages: 12+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-329540-7

Keywords: Fantasy-legends, magical beasts, Wolves, oppression, exploitation, colonialism, indigenous peoples, conquerors

Sona discovers that she's the product of an illegal mixed marriage. She must journey with a friend and an orphaned wolf pup to a sacred space to free her land.