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Informationen zum Autor T.A. Barron is the award-winning author of fantasy novels such as The Lost Years of Merlin epic-soon to be a major motion picture. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards including The Nature Conservancy and The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies! and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Following a life-changing decision to leave a successful business career to write full-time in 1990! Barron has written seventeen books! but is happiest when on the mountain trails with his wife! Currie! and their five children. Klappentext When T. A. Barron visited the Patagonian Cave of Hands and saw a footprint inside the cave! he knew there was a story there. And so he created the story of Auki! a young boy who knows he's ready to be a hunter! even though his father says he's not old enough. When Auki defies his father and sneaks out at dawn with spear in hand! he discovers something unexpected-a place he never knew existed. A place that teaches him more about his people-and himself- than a hunt ever could. This is a powerful story of courage! transformation! and imagined history. Zusammenfassung When T. A. Barron visited the Patagonian Cave of Hands and saw a footprint inside the cave! he knew there was a story there. And so he created the story of Auki! a young boy who knows he's ready to be a hunter! even though his father says he's not old enough. When Auki defies his father and sneaks out at dawn with spear in hand! he discovers something unexpected-a place he never knew existed. A place that teaches him more about his people-and himself- than a hunt ever could. This is a powerful story of courage! transformation! and imagined history.
