52 pages • 1 hour read
Lightlark
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Summary and Study Guide
Overview
Lightlark (2022) is the first novel in the young adult high fantasy series of the same name by Alex Aster. The novel combines elements of fantasy, adventure, and romance with a Hunger Games-inspired competition to explore themes of Beauty and Attraction as Untrustworthy, Authority’s Duty to the Land, and Abuse, Betrayal, and Abandonment. Aster sold the novel in a TikTok pitch. She is also the author of the middle-grade series Emblem Island. A New York Times bestseller, Lightlark was optioned by 2Universal in a pre-publication deal.
This guide is based on the 2022 Amulet hardback edition.
Content Warning: The source material features depictions of child abuse.
Plot Summary
Isla Crown, the 19-year-old ruler of Wildling, prepares to participate in the Centennial on the magical island of Lightlark. Five hundred years earlier, Lightlark was splintered into six separate islands. Each of its six realms had unique powers, but each was also uniquely cursed. From then on, every hundred years, the rulers of these realms convene to demonstrate their powers and fulfill the terms of a prophecy, hoping to win even greater power and break the curses. If the prophecy is fulfilled, however, one realm is fated to die. Isla attends, hoping to break the vicious curse of her realm, which dooms every Wildling to eat human Unlock all 52 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
