Queen of the Warrior Bees by Jean Gill

Award-winning epic ecofantasy, like Avatar crossed with The Handmaid’s Tale.
Perfection kills. But only one misfit girl and 50,000 bees can see the deadly truth.
‘Beautiful yet tense… continually surprising and exciting.’ 10 out of 10 The Booklife Prize
    Condemned to permanent childhood and servitude while her peers pass the Maturity Test, Mielitta the foundling, expects her eighteenth birthday to be just another drab day in the Citadel. The first shock is a mysterious gift. The second is murder. The third is Mielitta’s transformation by bee stings in the Forbidden Forest.
    With her new bee-shifting powers, Mielitta sees the world differently. This bond works both ways and the bees need Mielitta’s help as the enmity grows more violent between Forest and Citadel. Time is running out.
Block Nature out and she'll force a way in.
​​​​​​​‘Fabulous world-building and spellbinding intrigue,’ Karen Inglis 5*****
2020 Kindle Book and Wishing Shelf Awards Finalist. 2020 Royal Dragonfly and IPPY Award winner.

Queen of the Warrior Bees is the first book in a completed young adult epic fantasy series ideal for readers who love stories involving: nature, classic fairy tales, sorcerer competitions, dystopian settings, slow-burn romance, and elemental magic.