03061cam a2200625 i 4500 339299533 TxAuBib 20180206120000.0 160309t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015051109 9781410488756 hardcover) 1410488756 hardcover) (OCoLC)943636489 TxAuBib rda Tahir, Sabaa. An ember in the ashes / a novel by Sabaa Tahir. Large print. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016. ℗2015. 647 p. ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ember in the ashes ; 1 Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge Originally published in a slightly different form in New York by Razorbill in 2015. Sequel: A torch against the night (2016). Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire's impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They've seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia's brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire's greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school's finest soldier -- and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined -- and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself. AR 5.0 19.0 pt. 20180206. Authoritarianism Juvenile fiction. Insurgency Juvenile fiction. Undercover operations Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction. Slaves Juvenile fiction. Military cadets Juvenile fiction. Authoritarianism. Brothers and sisters. Insurgency. Military cadets. Slaves. Undercover operations. Large type books. Young adult fiction. Love stories. Accelerated reader. Fantasy fiction. Romance fiction. Young adult works. Fantasy fiction. Romance fiction. Ember in the ashes ; 1. Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge. PLYCL