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Gullstruck Island

Gullstruck Island

by Frances Hardinge (Author)

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    Paperback 2016

    $3.28
Synopsis

'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now.' Patrick Ness

Chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, Gullstruck Island is a vibrant and exciting novel, in a beautifully imagined setting, by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award winning author The Lie Tree.

On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is born . . .

In the village of the Hollow Beasts live two sisters. Arilou is a Lost - a child with the power to depart her body and mind-fly with the winds - and Hathin is her helper. Together they hide a dangerous secret. Until sinister events threaten to uncover it. With a blue-skinned hunter on their trail and a dreadlocked warrior beside them, they must escape. Can the fate of two children decide the future of Gullstruck Island?

Discover a dazzling world, a breathtaking heroine . . . and an incredible adventure!

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 512
 Edition: New Edit/Cover
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 28 Jan 2016
ISBN 10: 1509818731
ISBN 13: 9781509818730
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: From the winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. A triumph of imagination and wordplay. An adventure as fierce and fiery as the volcanoes that rule it ... and the girl that rules them!

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Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now. -- Patrick Ness
Author Bio
Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, by this time a persistent friend had finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. Known for her beautiful use of language, she has since written many critically acclaimed novels including Verdigris Deep, Cuckoo Song and the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree.