Overview
The iconic YA fantasy that became a much-loved classic, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The Gathering. SHORTLISTED- 1988 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers For Elspeth Gordie freedom is - like so much else after the Great White - a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection. But people like Elspeth - mysteriously born with powerful mental abilities - are feared by the Council and hunted down like animals . . . to be destroyed. Her only hope for survival is to keep her power hidden. But is secrecy enough against the terrible might of the Council? 'Powerful, thrilling and addictive . . . the kind of novel that leaves you thinking long after you devour its pages.' Kids' Book Review
Full Product Details
Author: Isobelle Carmody
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Edition: Re-issue
Volume: Vol 1
Dimensions:
Width: 11.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 18.10cm
Weight: 0.151kg
ISBN: 9780140178548
ISBN 10: 0140178546
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 June 1993
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Shelly writes: This is my favourite series. It was not ever superseded by Harry Potter - and that's saying something! Set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has regressed in order to protect itself after the Great White, we follow the journey of Elspeth 'Innle' Gordie as she seeks to hide her astonishing mental powers, find others like her and strive to make a place for herself and her friends in this hostile world. All the while learning more about her ultimate destiny - to stop the second Great White and save the world. This is a series I go back to again and again.
Author Information
Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia's most highly acclaimed authors of fantasy. At fourteen, she began Obernewtyn, the first book in her much-loved Obernewtyn Chronicles, and has since written many works in this genre. Her novel The Gathering was joint winner of the 1993 Children's Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBCA Book of the Year Award, and Greylands was joint winner of the 1997 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction (Young Adult category), and was named a White Raven at the 1998 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Isobelle's work for younger readers includes her two series, The Legend of Little Fur, and The Kingdom of the Lost, the first book of which, The Red Wind, won the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers in 2011. She has also written several picture books as well as collections of short stories for children, young adults and adults. Recently she completed a PhD at the University of Queensland and currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and Brisbane.
