SQUIRE (Graphic Novel)
Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh
Harper Collins / March 2022
— Credits
Colorist Assistance : Lynette Wong
Flat Colors : Mara Jayne Carpenter
> Harvey Award Winner – Best Children’s/Young Adult 2022
> New England Book Awards Winner – Best Young Adult
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> Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee – Best Graphic Novels & Comics
>Cybils Award Nominee – Best Young Adult Graphic Novel
Born a second-class citizen, Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It’s the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt-Sajji Empire, and as a member of the recently colonized Ornu people, her only way to full citizenship. Now, ravaged by famine and mounting tensions between the different provinces, Bayt-Sajji finds itself on the brink of war once again, and Aiza can finally enlist to the competitive Squire training program.
It’s not how she imagined it, though. Hiding her Ornu status in order to better blend in, Aiza must navigate new friendships, rivalries, and rigorous training under the merciless General Hende.
As the pressure mounts, Aiza realizes that the “greater good” Bayt-Sajji’s military promises might not include her, and that the recruits might be in more danger than she ever imagined.
She will have to choose: loyalty to her heart and heritage, or loyalty to the Empire.
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