The Wren Hunt
1st Edition
Published on 8. February 2018
432 pages
978-1-4088-8494-2 (ISBN)
Description
NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
'Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy' MELINDA SALISBURY
'Watson's writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'Thrilling and otherworldly' SUNDAY TIMES
Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly.
But Wren is on the hunt, too. Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation - enemy headquarters - her family's survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. As the enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is torn between old loyalties and new lies. And trapped in the most dangerous game of her life.
Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel will leave readers spellbound.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
'Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy' MELINDA SALISBURY
'Watson's writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'Thrilling and otherworldly' SUNDAY TIMES
Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly.
But Wren is on the hunt, too. Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation - enemy headquarters - her family's survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. As the enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is torn between old loyalties and new lies. And trapped in the most dangerous game of her life.
Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel will leave readers spellbound.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Ninth Grade and over, Reading Age: From 14 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-8494-2 (9781408884942)
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Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three young children. Highlights of her adult writing career include being awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in Oxford in 2006, and being included on the Hay Festival's 2014 Africa39 list of influential writers from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Epigraph
- ONE: With honey
- TWO: Going to bury you
- THREE: And then they ate her
- FOUR: Ritual at dawn
- FIVE: The worst that could happen
- SIX: I just know
- SEVEN: So much fun
- EIGHT: A warning
- NINE: Frog in a pot
- TEN: What are you hiding?
- ELEVEN: Romeo and Juliet
- TWELVE: Handle Carefully
- THIRTEEN: Watching you
- FOURTEEN: For you
- FIFTEEN: Everything that is wrong with us
- SIXTEEN: Not a virgin sacrifice
- SEVENTEEN: But false
- EIGHTEEN: Call them by name
- NINETEEN: Trees are just not sexy
- TWENTY: It's you
- TWENTY-ONE: Keeper of the forest
- TWENTY-TWO: One of us
- TWENTY-THREE: Looking for a girl
- TWENTY-FOUR: Won't even see it coming
- TWENTY-FIVE: So close to the finish
- TWENTY-SIX: I like peanut butter
- TWENTY-SEVEN: Pinned to that tree
- TWENTY-EIGHT: There's a good girl
- TWENTY-NINE: Girl of leaf and petal
- THIRTY: I've got you
- THIRTY-ONE: The end of the world
- THIRTY-TWO: You're awake
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright
