The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse

by Marcus Sedgwick (Author), Marcus Sedgwick (Author)

Synopsis

A boy destined to lead his clan; a girl raised by wolves; a stranger with a sealed box. These are the elements of this powerful novel, set on a rocky northern coast in a distant time, in a small community who live in dread of the coming of the legendary warrior tribe, the Dark Horse. Told in part by the boy, Sigurd, himself, it is a dark and dangerous story of conflict and betrayal. With its strong sense of time and place and the magic of a primitive people, "The Dark Horse" again confirms the exceptional talent of Marcus Sedgwick.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 18 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 1842552155
ISBN 13: 9781842552155
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Marcus Sedgwick shows the potential of a young Alan Garner (Dinah Hall, The Daily Telegraph) Marcus Sedgwick won the Branford Boase Award 2001 for an outstanding first novel with Floodland Until recently a sales manager for a children's publisher, he is known personally to many booksellers Floodland and Witch Hill both reprinted rapidly Book proofs
Prizes: Shortlisted for LA Carnegie Medal 2003 and Carnegie Medal 2003 and Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2002.

Media Reviews
The Dark Horse has made it through to the shortlist of The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Feature on the prize in Guardian Education Supplement 24/09/02 by Claire Armitstead. Local author features confirmed in West Sussex Gazette and The Argus. Praise for The Dark Horse: ...a highly charged, timeless mystery...Sparely told, rich in imagination. The Guardian The sense of people living on the edge is marvellously described. Amanda Craig in the Independent on Sunday ...a solid, readable novel...never ceases to be gripping SundayTelegraph
Author Bio
Marcus Sedgwick has worked in children's publishing for ten years and before that he was a bookseller. He is also a stone carver and wood engraver and illustrates all his novels. His first book Floodland was hailed as 'a dazzling debut from a new writer of exceptional talent'. Floodland won the Branford Boase Award for the best first children's novel of 2000. With the prize money Marcus bought a piano and is now enjoying learning to play Schubert badly having given up lessons at primary school. Marcus lives in Sussex and has a five year old daughter, Alice.