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Book Of The Week - The King’s Nightingale By Sherryl Jordan

Next week's book of the week is an epic fantasy set in a land of sultans and kings, sumptuous palaces... and slave markets.

When Elowen and her brother are seized by pirates and sold, separately, in the slave market of a distant land, Elowen's enduring resolve is to escape, rescue her brother and return home. Sold to a desert ruler who admires her sublime voice, Elowen is given the title of the King's Nightingale. Honoured by the king, and loved by his scribe, Elowen lives a life of luxury, until she makes a fateful mistake and finds herself sold to a less charitable master.