Slettbyrd
Published on 24. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-915758-07-1 (ISBN)
Description
From award winning Children's author, Jenny Moore (Odelia and the Varmint and Emba Oak and the Terrible Tomorrows - comes an exciting new novel for young adults aged 12-16.
Slettbyrd will transport you to snowy climes, to a distant land gripped by fear and prejudice and to a teenage boy who will do everything he can to protect the people he loves.
Ninety-nine years of winter.
Ninety-nine years since the first white-haired, three-thumbed slettbyrd - the scourge of the Gjoerdish people - was born.
Ninety-nine years since the red-cloaked Slettseeker arrived to destroy every last slettbyrd child...
...with Janeck's baby sister next on the list.
To save her, 14-year-old Janeck Potetsky will have to relearn everything he thought he knew about the world. He'll have to take on the wild, snowy wastelands and the brutal prejudices of a century-long regime. He'll have to defeat the all-powerful Slettseeker... or die trying.
Slettbyrd will transport you to snowy climes, to a distant land gripped by fear and prejudice and to a teenage boy who will do everything he can to protect the people he loves.
Ninety-nine years of winter.
Ninety-nine years since the first white-haired, three-thumbed slettbyrd - the scourge of the Gjoerdish people - was born.
Ninety-nine years since the red-cloaked Slettseeker arrived to destroy every last slettbyrd child...
...with Janeck's baby sister next on the list.
To save her, 14-year-old Janeck Potetsky will have to relearn everything he thought he knew about the world. He'll have to take on the wild, snowy wastelands and the brutal prejudices of a century-long regime. He'll have to defeat the all-powerful Slettseeker... or die trying.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915758-07-1 (9781915758071)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jennifer Moore is a novelist, children's author and freelance writer. Her books are widely published across both sides of the Atlantic.
She was the first UK winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition and was previously shortlisted for the Greenhouse Funny Prize.
Her numerous funny children's books (writing as Jenny Moore) are published by Maverick Arts Publishing and New Frontier Publishing. Her psychological thrillers The Woman Before and The Wilderness Retreat are published by HQ Digital, Harper Collins.
Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Guardian, Mslexia, The First Line and Short Fiction.
Slettbyrd is an exciting new YA fantasy with a contemporary twist. Readers pf Patrick Ness will love this book.
She was the first UK winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition and was previously shortlisted for the Greenhouse Funny Prize.
Her numerous funny children's books (writing as Jenny Moore) are published by Maverick Arts Publishing and New Frontier Publishing. Her psychological thrillers The Woman Before and The Wilderness Retreat are published by HQ Digital, Harper Collins.
Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Guardian, Mslexia, The First Line and Short Fiction.
Slettbyrd is an exciting new YA fantasy with a contemporary twist. Readers pf Patrick Ness will love this book.