# The Last Bloodcarver

**Author:** Vanessa Le
**Grade range:** Grades 7–8
**Age range:** 12–13
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 240
**Genre:** Young Adult Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780861547982`
**ISBN-10:** `0861547985`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-bloodcarver
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Nhika is a bloodcarver — a healer who can manipulate the body with a touch, feared and hunted in the city of Theumas. Sold at auction to a wealthy family, she's drawn into a murder investigation. Vanessa Le's debut is a richly built Vietnamese-inspired fantasy. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- fantasy
- healing
- identity
- mystery

## Content notes

- violence

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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