The Last Seed Keeper: Volume 1
Published on 1. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-922539-93-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first instalment in a gripping new trilogy, The Last Seed Keeper is an empowering read about corruption, environmentalism, and what we would do if nature gave us a second chance.Ivy is a Groundling, bound to roam the surface of the Earth, eking a living from the rubble of the past. Skyler lives above the clouds in a haven of technology, wanting for nothing yet knowing there must be something more. Their paths are fixed, in a barren world that has forgotten nature until Ivy makes a discovery that changes everything.
Suddenly, a forgotten orphan from the Piles holds the key to building a new world. But change is never popular with those in power, and as word gets out, society begins to fracture. Both girls lives unravel as Skyler uncovers the secrets that have been kept from her, and Ivy finds out just how important she is to the new world.
The Last Seed Keeper is a tense, heart-pounding adventure about friendship, secrecy, breaking down barriers, questioning everything, and holding onto hope in the darkest of places.
Suddenly, a forgotten orphan from the Piles holds the key to building a new world. But change is never popular with those in power, and as word gets out, society begins to fracture. Both girls lives unravel as Skyler uncovers the secrets that have been kept from her, and Ivy finds out just how important she is to the new world.
The Last Seed Keeper is a tense, heart-pounding adventure about friendship, secrecy, breaking down barriers, questioning everything, and holding onto hope in the darkest of places.
Reviews / Votes
TheLast Seed Keeper is a riveting
adventure delving into themes of class and environmental stewardship. Packed
with tense action and mystery, this page-turning tale is also filled with
friendship and heart. Rich world-building brings to life a fantastic
science-fiction universe with captivating echoes of our own. Young readers are
sure to latch onto our two young heroines Ivy and Skyler, as they are urged to
think about their impact on the world around us.
- Soman Chainani, author of The
School for Good and Evil "The stakes are high, and the worldbuilding is fully realized in this environmental dystopian tale that has plenty of characters to root for and an evil corporate villain to root against...A powerful, well-paced dystopia that examines themes of inequality, environment, and access to information." Kirkus Reviews
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Exisle Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 13 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-922539-93-9 (9781922539939)
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Paul Russell is a national award-winning author, international presenter and teacher with more than twenty years' experience. He is passionate about empowering children through literature, imagination and the written word. Paul's characters promote inclusion and the importance of individuality and finding your own place in the world. He is also a father of two girls, a playwright, dyslexic, lover of chocolate and fine food, and owner of an ill-disciplined, poorly trained but lovable dachshund named Enzo.Paul's other books include Grandma Forgets, My Storee, The Incurable Imagination, Courageous Lucy, and The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp (winner of the 2022 Australian Speech Pathology Picture Book of the Year Award in the 5-8 category). The Last Seed Keeper is Paul's first novel for middle grade/YA readers.