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One for All is a \;ge nder-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers\, in which a girl wit h a chronic illness trains as a Musketeer and uncovers secrets\, sisterhoo d\, and self-love.
\nTania de Batz is most herself with a sword in h er hand. Everyone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her wea k\, nothing but &ldquo\;a sick girl&rdquo\;\; even her mother is desperate to marry her off for security. But Tania wants to be strong\, independent \, a fencer like her father&mdash\;a former Musketeer and her greatest cha mpion.
\nThen Papa is brutally\, mysteriously murdered. His dying wi sh? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L&rsquo\;Acadé\;mie de s Marié\;es\, Tania realizes\, is no finishing school. It&rsquo\;s a secret training ground for a new kind of Musketeer: women who are sociali tes on the surface\, but strap daggers under their skirts\, seduce men int o giving up dangerous secrets\, and protect France from downfall. And they don&rsquo\;t shy away from a swordfight.
\nWith her newfound sister s at her side\, Tania feels for the first time like she has a purpose\, li ke she belongs. But then she meets É\;tienne\, her first target in u ncovering a potential assassination plot. He&rsquo\;s kind\, charming\, an d breathlessly attractive&mdash\;and he might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion\, Ta nia will have to lean on her friends\, listen to her own body\, and decide where her loyalties lie&hellip\;or risk losing everything she&rsquo\;s ev er wanted.
\nThis debut novel is a fierce\, whirlwind adventure abou t the depth of found family\, the strength that goes beyond the body\, and the determination it takes to fight for what you love.
\nLi llie Lainoff is a fencer\, coach\, and the founder of Disabled Ki dlit Writers. Her short stories are featured in The Los Angeles Review and the YA anthology\, These Bodies Ain't Broken\, and her non-fiction published in The Washington Post. She received her B. A. from Yale University and her M.A. in Creative Writing Prose Fiction fro m the University of East Anglia.
\nCheck out \;One for All&n bsp\;here! There will be a limited number of signed copies given away following the event. \;
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