This book is one of my assigned novels for reviewing for the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database.If you know a reader who enjoys light fantasy, quirky heroines and vivid, creative storytelling, this book is sure to please.The premise of the story is that each child in this medieval-style time and setting is given a Darkbeast — some sort of an animal that must be cared for until the child’s twelfth birthday. More than a pet, a darkbeast is a type of mentor that takes a child’s confessed faults, relieving the child of the negative emotions, guilt, and in theory, the impetus …

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