Nation Contributor(s): Pratchett, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061433012 ISBN-13: 9780061433016 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: The author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series delivers the mesmerizing story of a boy whose journey to manhood requires the strength to defy expectations and the courage to forge new beliefs. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - General - Young Adult Fiction | Humorous - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008020211 |
Lexile Measure: 790 |
Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.34" W x 8.86" (1.12 lbs) 384 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 125322 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne--a girl from the other side of the globe--is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave. Together the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne's sheltering fire, other refugees slowly arrive: children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands without wives--all of them hungry and all of them frightened. As Mau and Daphne struggle to keep the small band safe and fed, they defy ancestral spirits, challenge death himself, and uncover a long-hidden secret that literally turns the world upside down. . . . Internationally revered storyteller Terry Pratchett presents a breathtaking adventure of survival and discovery, and of the courage required to forge new beliefs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pratchett, Terry: - Sir Terry Pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where's My Cow?, his Discworld book for "readers of all ages," was a New York Times bestseller. His novels have sold more than seventy five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. Named an Officer of the British Empire "for services to literature," Pratchett lived in England. He died in 2015 at the age of sixty-six. |