This is book 1 in Hollow Kingdom Trilogy .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

This book was published 2006 by Henry Holt & Company .

Clare B. Dunkle worked for years as a librarian. She lives with her family in Germany. Her first book, "The Hollow Kingdom," won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and was named a "Publishers Weekly" "Flying Start," a Bank Street College of Education Best Book, and a Locus Magazine Best YA Book.