Snowbone
Puffin Books, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #278345
ISBN: 0141381183
341 pages. A novel for readers 10 and up. One pale wooden girl stands on the shore of Black Sand Bay, where the sea meets the sky and the wind meets the water. But Snowbone knows that she and her wooden friends can't stay here forever. Something is happening deep within the forest. Something someone that must be stopped. Determined to save the Ashenpeakers from a dark destiny, Snowbone leads her gang of wooden tiddlins on a perilous chase on the heels of human slave traders. They encounter feathered flying machines, a mystifying ancient prophecy, a looming volcano, and hungry cannibals. Snowbone, strong and courageous (and a bit stubborn), urges them on, while learning what it means to be a good leader. In a companion novel to 'Barkbelly,' Cat Weatherill weaves another magical tale about the world of Ashenpeake and its lovable wooden heroes.' First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
Snowbone is the natural leader of a band of wooden children, who are tracking down a group of human slavers. Their journey takes them on a wonderful flying ship from island to island, into the heart of a volcano, into the dreadful slave quarry and on to the final battle.
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