Desert Song: A Girl in Exile, a Trickster Horse, and the Women Rising Up

National Geographic says…“Kids are reading...the Ari Ara Series" 2020 NAUTILUS PRIZE - SILVER MEDAL! A wild ride full of danger and adventure! Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors trying to grab power…and the women rising up to stop them!(Buy Direct - All books are signed and include stickers, bookmarks and a personal note.) The world of her father's people is made of song and sky, heat and dust. Ari Ara wants nothing more than to be a proper daughter to her father, the Desert King. But nothing she does is right! She can't sing the songs correctly, her trickster horse bolts, her friend is left for dead, and Ari Ara has to run away to save him.Every step she takes propels her deeper into trouble. A mysterious young songholder offers to guide her, a seer sends them on a wild goose chase, they rescue a young woman from a forced marriage - and accidentally set the army camp on fire! Before long, she's swept into a women's uprising against the warriors who are trying