Shade's Children - Hardcover

Nix, Garth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060273240 ISBN 13: 9780060273248

Verlag: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1997

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Book by Nix Garth

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Reseña del editor:

Escaping the brutal fate that awaits all human children of the Dormitories, Ella, Drum, Gold-Eye, and Ninde join forces to form a resistance movement, working together to avoid the savage mutant creatures that hunt them, in the sequel to Sabriel.

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In the brutal world of the future, an unspeakable fate awaits the human children of the Dormitories when they turn fourteen. It is from this Sad Birthday that Shade's Children'Ella, Drum, Gold-Eye, and Ninde'have escaped. Hunted ceaselessly by savage mutant creatures, they join forces to form a resistance movement. Cunning, clairvoyance, and sheer desperate force of will help them. But ultimately their fate rests with the charismatic Shade, who calls himself their friend . . .

This complex, suspenseful, thoroughly absorbing tale of the future fulfills all the promise of Sabriel, Garth Nix's debut young adult novel.

Praise for Sabriel:

‘Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel is excellent high fantasy.' 'Publishers Weekly

‘The action charges along at a gallop'a page turner for sure.' 'Starred Review/Booklist

01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List

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• Verlag: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0060273240
• ISBN 13: 9780060273248
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310