A young girl gets separated from her family, and ten years later, Ruby receives a letter from her original parents, telling her to come back to the area they lived, it says 'come back home, and you will discover something when you turn sixteen.' Her adopted parents were abusive, carrying scars, she is taken away to Juvie, and stuck with an ankle tracker, armed with the letter and her instincts, this is all she has when going to a mysterious new school, where strange children have gone. Will she find her family or will she find something deeper the that?
'The scars felt heavy on my back as I remember the abusiveness of my parents, smashing wine and beer bottles in direction, treating me as if I was some sort of slave.'
WARNINGS;
Abuse
Language use such as f*ck
Topics about death.
Alcohol
Peer pressure
(The Book cover is by my friend.)
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.