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Yes, this is the same Sharon Shinn who writes science fiction for adults. I admit, I liked this young adult book the best of what I've tried of hers, though.
Her world-building is impeccable in this story, which focuses on the residents of a small village in an interesting kingdom nowhere in particular. This land has Safe-Keepers who are the people you tell secrets to so you can share things without anyone else finding out. This ranges from who stole the cream off the milk to who fathered which child or murdered which lord. Safe-keepers, Truth-Tellers and Dream-Makers make the society work. This is a quiet fairy tale, of a hidden child and a dead messenger, and of growing up and of expectations. I liked it enormously. I'm going to look for more of Shinn's young adult books now.
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Safe-Keepers-Secret-Sharon-Shinn/9780670059102-item.html?ikwid=safe+keepers+secret&ikwsec=Home
Her world-building is impeccable in this story, which focuses on the residents of a small village in an interesting kingdom nowhere in particular. This land has Safe-Keepers who are the people you tell secrets to so you can share things without anyone else finding out. This ranges from who stole the cream off the milk to who fathered which child or murdered which lord. Safe-keepers, Truth-Tellers and Dream-Makers make the society work. This is a quiet fairy tale, of a hidden child and a dead messenger, and of growing up and of expectations. I liked it enormously. I'm going to look for more of Shinn's young adult books now.
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Safe-Keepers-Secret-Sharon-Shinn/9780670059102-item.html?ikwid=safe+keepers+secret&ikwsec=Home