Bound To Stay Bound

		Beast player  Author: Uehashi, Nahoko  Publisher:  Square Fish/Holt (2020)  Classification: Fiction  Physical Description: 344 p., ill., 20 cm  BTSB No: 897621  ISBN: 9781250307460  Ages: 14-18  Grades: 9-12  Subjects:  Magic -- Fiction  Orphans -- Fiction  Snakes -- Fiction  Human-animal communication -- Fiction  Human-animal relationship -- Fiction
	Price: $9.83

Summary:
Erin's family cares for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. When some of the beasts mysteriously die, Elin's mother is sentenced to death as punishment. With her last breath she manages to send her daughter to safety. Alone, far from home, Elin discovers that she can talk to both the terrifying water serpents and the majestic flying beasts that guard her queen.