In a land where sky-blue eyes are unheard of, the young orphan, Lark, is mistrusted, and feared, with only a single childhood friend to call her own. Forced into near slave-labor, from the age of six, she longs to find her own destiny. When a stranger comes to town looking for a very special apprentice, for a most spectacular profession, he purchases Lark's freedom, and . . . . The Girl With the Sky-Blue Eyes is a prequel to the fantasy series . . . The Gift. Though this book was written as a prequel for the above series, it is appreciated by all ages from ten to one hundred. It has been described as "way wicked awesome," by one of the adult readers of "The Gift" series.