Häftad, Engelska, 2025
Wordsmith – 10th Anniversary Edition
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The Times Book of the Week in September 2025Celebrate 10 years of The Wordsmith with this anniversary edition of Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde’s classic novel – featuring a freshly imagined cover and an introduction from the Laureate herself.How many words do you need to survive?Letta loves her job as the Wordsmith’s apprentice, giving out words to people that need them. It doesn’t strike her as odd that the people of Ark are only allowed to use a few hundred words, and words like “love”, “hope” and “freedom” are banned.When her master disappears, Letta begins to understand that all is not well, and that the leaders of Ark want to destroy language forever. It is up to her to stop them silencing what is left of the human race. But she is only a young girl, and they are the leaders of the known world…
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2025-07-01
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
- Vikt: 250 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Wordsmith Series
- Antal sidor: 256
- Förlag: Little Island
- Illustratör: Steve Institute of Designers in Ireland - Gold. ICAD - Gold bell. Simpson
- Medarbetare: Sarah J Coleman
- ISBN: 9781915071941
- Utmärkelser: Winner of White Raven Award 2015
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Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published five books for children, and written two plays, as well as several television drama series for children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap operas. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Her novel The Wordsmith (published in the USA as The List) was awarded a White Raven award by the International Youth Library.
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An intriguing speculation about authoritarian futures.
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