{"product_id":"the-medoran-chronicles-akarnae-by-lynette-noni","title":"The Medoran Chronicles: Akarnae (Book #1) by Lynette Noni","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith just one step, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings’ world changes – literally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her… but he’s missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile waiting for him to reappear, Alex attends Akarnae Academy, Medora’s boarding school for teenagers with extraordinary gifts. She soon starts to enjoy her bizarre new world and the friends who embrace her as one of their own, but strange things are happening at Akarnae, and Alex can’t ignore her fear that something unexpected… something sinister… is looming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unwilling pawn in a deadly game, Alex’s shoulders bear the crushing weight of an entire race’s survival. Only she can save the Medorans, but what if doing so prevents her from ever returning home?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Alex risk her entire world – and maybe even her life – to save Medora?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eE\u003c\/span\u003emerging dream-weaver Lynette Noni offers a fresh approach to the popular YA fantasy genre. With a recent YA focus on brutal dystopias, this  narrative is full of youthful surprise yet offers difficult physical challenges, emotional consequences and magical foundations alongside a protagonist who has to work hard to realise her inner strengths. Adolescents embarking on their own overwhelming transitions – starting high school, completing studies or entering the work force – will easily relate to Alex and the tough decisions she has to make.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book \u0026 Paper - Williamstown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36240711319701,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0451\/1701\/4165\/files\/akarnae_1.jpg?v=1770185113","url":"https:\/\/bookandpaper.com.au\/products\/the-medoran-chronicles-akarnae-by-lynette-noni","provider":"Book \u0026 Paper - Williamstown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}