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Urgle
Meaghan McIsaac
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Description for Urgle
Hardback. .
‘When the next baby is dropped, I will leave to make room for him. He will take my place.’ Abandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for themselves, each training their Little Brother to survive – until they grow into men and it's time for their Leaving Day. No boy knows what’s beyond the forest. No Brother who left has ever come back. Until now . . . ‘An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived’ Sunday Times ‘The writing [is] ... Read more
‘When the next baby is dropped, I will leave to make room for him. He will take my place.’ Abandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for themselves, each training their Little Brother to survive – until they grow into men and it's time for their Leaving Day. No boy knows what’s beyond the forest. No Brother who left has ever come back. Until now . . . ‘An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived’ Sunday Times ‘The writing [is] ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849397674
SKU
V9781849397674
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99-1
About Meaghan McIsaac
Meaghan grew up in Canada. A sci-fi/fantasy nerd, she packed up all her movies and books, and shipped off to the UK to complete an MA in Writing for Children. Meaghan eventually returned to Canada broke and worked at a series of unpaid internships at publishing houses, magazines and gossip rags. Through it all, she was writing stories in the ... Read more
Reviews for Urgle
"An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived"
Nicolette Jones
Sunday Times 'Book of the Week'
"The Pit and its community (are) a thought-through world, the writing sharp and funny, the boys an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness"
Guardian
"Fierce questions are woven in to a fast ... Read more
Nicolette Jones
Sunday Times 'Book of the Week'
"The Pit and its community (are) a thought-through world, the writing sharp and funny, the boys an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness"
Guardian
"Fierce questions are woven in to a fast ... Read more