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Can I read Plain Kate on EtoBox?
Plain Kate by Erin Bow; Wigham Family Collection (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education. Curriculum Laboratory) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Plain Kate about?
A knife-sharp debut novel that leaves its mark. <p>Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. When Kate's village falls on hard times - crops fail, and even Kate's father falls victim to a deadly fever - the townspeople look for someone to blame, and their eyes fall on Kate.</p> <p>Enter Linay, a stranger with a proposition: In exchange for her shadow, he'll give Kate the means to escape the town that seems set to burn her, and what's more, he'll grant her heart's wish. It's a chance for her to start over, to find a home, a family, a place to belong. But Kate soon realizes that she can't live shadowless forever -- and that Linay's designs are darker than she ever dreamed.</p>
Who reads Plain Kate?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Erin Bow; Wigham Family Collection (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education. Curriculum Laboratory)
- Publisher
- New York: Arthur A. Levine Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780545394666
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (4,884 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14