Blogoversary Giveaway #3: The Shifter

The Shifter by Janice Hardy
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date: September 1st, 2010
Pages: 400
Trilogy: Healing Wars, #1
Age Level: Upper MG

Synopsis via Goodreads
Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker—with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body. But unlike her sister, Tali, and the other Takers who become Healers' League apprentices, Nya's skill is flawed: She can't push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it into another person, a dangerous skill that she must keep hidden from forces occupying her city. If discovered, she'd be used as a human weapon against her own people.

Rumors of another war make Nya's life harder, forcing her to take desperate risks just to find work and food. She pushes her luck too far and exposes her secret to a pain merchant eager to use her shifting ability for his own sinister purposes. At first Nya refuses, but when Tali and other League Healers mysteriously disappear, she's faced with some difficult choices. As her father used to say, principles are a bargain at any price; but how many will Nya have to sell to get Tali back alive?

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Contest Details
It's time for my 3rd giveaway in celebration of my Two Year Blogoversary. Thanks to Janice Hardy, (ONE) lucky person will win a paperback copy of The Shifter!

Rules:
~Comments are appreciated but you must fill out the form to enter.
~Following is also appreciated but NOT required.
~Open to US mailing addresses only.
~Ends at 11:59PM EST on May 31st.
~Winners will be announced and contacted on or around June 1st.

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