Everything you need to understand or teach Firegold by Dia Calhoun.
Among fantasy quest novels for young adults, Firegold is outstanding for its original and evocative world building and its insightful treatment of the problems of growing up with a mixed, if unadmitted, cultural heritage.
Its young hero, Jonathon Brae, develops many strange symptoms as he becomes a teenager. When he begins to hear voices in his head, Jonathon fears he is going crazy.
He has blue eyes, and village superstition claims that a...