PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781760500849
- Categories BX, BXOS, extraordinary, F YA, Fiction, MS22, PNSG_OCT, R/R, Teenage / Young Adult
- Author(s) Rhiannon Williams
- Publisher Hardie Grant Egmont
- Pages 352
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 12.8cm x 2.0cm x 19.8cm
- Weight 0.31 kg
product description
In the most thrilling fantasy of the year, a young girl must pretend to be a boy to rescue her brother from a secret order of monster hunters.
Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him - and soon makes a horrible discovery. Gully has been forcibly recruited by the Narroway Hunt, a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage, blight-spreading monsters called 'dredretches'.
Disguising herself as a boy, Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt - but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't be easy. Trapped in the heart of the dredretch-infested Narroway, it's impossibly dangerous for them to leave. But as she trains to become a Huntsman alongside her brother, hoping for a chance to escape, how long can she keep her true identity a secret?
From Rhiannon Williams, the first ever middle-grade winner of the Ampersand Prize, comes book one in this bewitching trilogy about friendship, bravery and having the courage to do what's right. Perfect for fans of Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell and A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee.
A 2019 CBCA Notable Book of the Year for Younger Readers
Longlisted for the 2020 ABDA Awards: Best Designed Children's/Young Adult Series