Gullstruck Island
On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, the jungles sing and occasionally a Lost is born – a child seemingly a halfwit but with the power to depart its body and mind-fly with the winds. Hathin and her sister Arilou are members of the Lace – a tribe ostracized for terrible ancient crimes....
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On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, the jungles sing and occasionally a Lost is born – a child seemingly a halfwit but with the power to depart its body and mind-fly with the winds. Hathin and her sister Arilou are members of the Lace – a tribe ostracized for terrible ancient crimes. However, Arilou is also a Lost, the clan’s most precious commodity. The other isla
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B004S4D0ZG
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 516
Edition language: English
This is not a light book at all. And while the age of the heroine would indicate it at a mid-grade novel, I would not recommend it for young children. At least not ones who can't handle the very mature themes of the novel. This is a book about genocide, racism, hatred, and overcoming all of that. Bu...