The Short Knife

Informationen zum Autor Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a museum security guard. Elen's debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Prize and longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Medal. Klappentext Winner of the Tir na n-Og Award Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal It is the year 454AD. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Mai has been kept safe by her father and her sister, Haf. But when Saxon warriors arrive at their farm, the family is forced to flee to the hills where British warlords lie in wait. Can Mai survive in a dangerous world where speaking her mother tongue might be deadly, and where even the people she loves the most can't be trusted?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elen Caldecott, Caldecott Elen
• Editore: Andersen Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 11 a 15 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781783449781
• ISBN: 978-1-78344-978-1
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Europe, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, c 400 to c 1066 (Anglo-Saxon period), Interest age: from c 11 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees, Salt Sea Ruta Sepetys Tanya Landman Tir na n-Og Award, Thief gripping Sally Gardner Hilary McKay Elizabeth Acevedo Poet X, Childrens book teen YA fiction historical Anglo-Saxon Ancient Britain invasion, Meg Rosoff Sally Nicholls Bright Girl refugee Kirsty Jenkins Stole, Elephant Operation Eiffel Tower Marsh Road Mysteries Waterstones Prize Carnegie, identity 5th Century betrayal indigenous Roman David Almond Siobhan Dowd, Shadows Moonrise Patrick Ness Malorie Blackman Melvin Burgess Markus Zusak, Britons Welsh prize Wales language literary home family sisters escape, journey belonging immigration rape violence pregnancy baby mother tongue twist, Medal Candy Gourlay Bone Talk Sarah Crossan Frances Hardinge Skinful