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Original Title:	The Scorpio Races
ISBN:	054522490X (ISBN13: 9780545224901)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Puck Connolly, Sean Kendrick, Finn Connolly, Gabe Connolly, Benjamin Malvern, Matthew Malvern, George Holly, Peg Gratton
Setting:	Thisby
Literary Awards:	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2012), Odyssey Award Nominee (2012), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2011), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2012), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2013) The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2013), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2013)

The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater

Hardcover | Pages: 409 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 91722 Users | 12412 Reviews

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Title	:	The Scorpio Races
Author	:	Maggie Stiefvater
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 409 pages
Published	:	October 18th 2011 by Scholastic Press (first published September 18th 2011)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Romance. Fiction. Mythology. Audiobook. Young Adult Fantasy

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It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.

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Tarot card reading for this book: inverted Tower. The Tower is leaning into the sea, crumbling, with thrashing waves and stormy skies, and while it can be a card of destruction, it can also be a card of fundamental change--which describes The Scorpio Races down to the letter. A fierce and hungry book. Even the wind is hungry here, "a live, starving thing." The tomboyish Kate, otherwise known as 'Puck,' and her brothers have been orphaned ever since the carnivorous water horses killed their

They came in with the tide. The moon illuminated long lines of froth as the waves gathered and gathered and gathered offshore, and when they finally broke on the sand, the capaill uisce tumbled onto the shore with them. The horses pulled their heads up with effort, trying to break free from the salt water.I had to restrain the squealing, fangirly Maja and shove her in the closet so that the adult, critical Maja can sit and write this review. Believe me, its better this way. With The Scorpio

Absolutely fantasical! More please... First off, a huge thanks to Flannery from thereadventurer who is touring this book with the Street Corner Bookers and allowed me to experience this crazy sauce of a book! Thank you! Wow! Just wow!! Maggie Stiefvater has definitely cemented her status in the YA genre and Scorpio Races is her full access ticket to the game. I've enjoyed her Mercy Falls trilogy for over a couple of years, but this book has definitely pulled her away from the pack and shown she

3.5/5 stars!I really liked The Scorpio Races, and I'm glad I listened to it on audiobook. Since there were two voice actors it was very easy to separate Puck and Sean, which was lucky since I've heard that some readers found it very difficult to distinguish between them when reading the book. The narrators also had very different ways of speaking as the characters, which made it impossible to mix the two up while listening.The writing was beautiful. There is such a rich atmosphere, and the

"The water horses are hungry and wicked, vicious and beautiful, hating us and loving us. It is time for the Scorpio races." I really enjoyed venturing into one of Maggie's earlier books. I loved The Raven Cycle, and although this book is very different from that series, I found it just as fun.Puck Connelly has lived on Thisby her entire live, she knows the way things are - the harshness of the landscape, and sometimes also the harshness of its inhabitants. When her oldest brother Gabe announces

Killer water horses + Maggie Stiefvater. What could go wrong?As it turns out, quite a lot. I feel just terrible writing this, and if you want to know just how much, it actually took me 4 months to make myself finish the book--partly because I wasn't engaged in the story, but also because I could sense that this wasn't going to be good reading experience. After the bruising my heart took with Forever, I really didn't want to write a second negative review for this author. But I'm afraid my

On a small island in the Scorpio Sea, men and boys strive to capture the deadly, killer water horses that come onto the land from the ocean. If they can master these mounts, they can ride in the yearly races for honor, glory, and big cash bets. Sean Kendrick races for his father, killed by the same water horse he rides now, and for the horse farm he works for as chief hostler. He has won the Scorpio Races four times and understands the water horses like no one else. Puck Connolly, on the other