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Little Knife

A Tor. Com Original

Leigh Bardugo

Ages 12–17

Readers rate it 3.6 (37 on Hardcover)

32 pages · Released 2014

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This is a dark fairy-tale novella from Bardugo's Grishaverse that explores themes of beauty, jealousy, and dangerous parental choices. The story contains fantasy violence and disturbing thematic content that skews older than typical middle-grade fantasy. While brief at 32 pages, it's atmospheric and morally complex rather than action-driven, making it better suited for teen readers who appreciate darker reimaginings of fairy tales.

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A young girl's beauty causes discord in her small town, but her father's solution may prove far more dangerous. Little Knife is a companion story to the third book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising, and the stories The Witch of Duva and The Too-Clever Fox. A young girl's beauty causes discord in her small town, but her father's solution may prove far more dangerous. Little Knife is a companion story to the third book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising, and the stories The Witch of Duva and The Too-Clever Fox.

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  • Orphans, fiction
  • Monsters, fiction
  • Magic, fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Short Stories
  • Young Adult
  • Fiction
  • Novella
  • Magic
  • High Fantasy
  • Fairy Tales

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