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Format:Hardback
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Published:7th May '20
Should be back in stock very soon
In 1956 Sarah Dewhurst's father shocks her by hiring a dragon to work the farm. The dragon is a smaller blue rather than the traditional larger reds, though even the reds are now scarce. When the blue dragon, Kazimir, unexpectedly saves Sarah and her friend Jason Inagawa from the attentions of the racist police deputy, Kelby, everything changes. Sarah is part of a prophecy and she must escape the clutches of Malcolm, an assassin from a Believer Cell, the dragon-worshiping cult. When Sarah, Malcolm and Kazimir eventually converge, they are thrown into another universe, where dragons seem never to have existed. Can they save this world and the one they left?
Wonderful and mind-blowing and exhilarating and heart-stopping. What a storyteller! I loved it! * Russell T Davies *
I'm completely gripped by this story of revenge, redemption and dragons from the double Carnegie Medal-winner. -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
A summer blockbuster of a novel: exciting, clever and moving. Somehow, Ness just keeps getting better. * Juno Dawson *
Ness brilliantly juggles these multi-layered themes and twisting plot lines while creating a world where dragons are as richly imagined as humans and engage our emotions just as forcefully. He is a remarkable talent. -- Sally Morris * The Daily Mail *
With two Carnegie medals to his name, Patrick Ness is a literary giant in young adult fiction, and his books remain gloriously original and unpredictable… Mind-bending in the best possible way. -- Fiona Noble * The Observer (The New Review) *
- Short-listed for UKLA Book Award 2021 (UK)
- Short-listed for Hounslow and Ealing Teen Read 2021 (UK)
- Short-listed for CrimeFest Awards (Best Crime Novel for YA) 2021 (UK)
- Short-listed for Frances Muers Award for Young Adult Fiction 2021
- Short-listed for Trinity Schools Book Award 2024 (UK)
ISBN: 9781406375503
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
384 pages