The Wordsmith
Published on 14. May 2015
286 pages
978-1-910411-44-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Times Book of the Week in September 2025
How many words do you need to survive?
Letta loves her job as the Wordsmith's apprentice, giving out words to people that need them. It doesn't strike her as odd that the people of Ark are only allowed to use a few hundred words, and words like ?love?, ?hope? and ?freedom? are banned.
When her master disappears, Letta begins to understand that all is not well, and that the leaders of Ark want to destroy language forever. It is up to her to stop them silencing what is left of the human race. But she is only a young girl, and they are the leaders of the known world...
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 11 years
Illustrations
2 Frontispiece
ISBN-13
978-1-910411-44-5 (9781910411445)
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Person
Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published five books for children, and written two plays, as well as several television drama series for children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap operas. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Her novel The Wordsmith (published in the USA as The List) was awarded a White Raven award by the International Youth Library.
Content
- Intro
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the author
- Prologue
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
