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Julie Eshbaugh

    Julie Eshbaugh crafts compelling young adult fantasy, drawing on her background as a former filmmaker. Her narratives explore the intricate moral choices faced by young protagonists as they navigate perilous worlds and discover their inner strength. Eshbaugh excels at creating immersive settings where the fantastical intertwines with relatable challenges, forcing characters to confront their deepest fears. Her distinctive voice and skillful storytelling resonate with readers, offering emotionally impactful journeys.

    Ivory and Bone
    • Ivory and Bone

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Debut author Julie Eshbaugh's sweeping prehistoric fantasy--with allusions to Pride and Prejudice--will enthrall listeners with high-stakes survival, blinding betrayal, and star-crossed love. Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safe--that's the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a careless--and nearly grave--mistake. However, there's something more to Mya's cool disdain ... a history wrought with loss that comes to light when another clan arrives. With them is Lo, an enemy from Mya's past who Mya swears has ulterior motives. As Kol gets to know Lo, tensions between Mya and Lo escalate until violence erupts. Faced with shattering losses, Kol is forced to question every person he's trusted. One thing is for sure: this was a war that Mya or Lo--Kol doesn't know which--had been planning all along

      Ivory and Bone2016
      3.6