Slettbyrd

From award winning Children's author, Jenny Moore (Pdelai and the Varmint and Emba Oak and the Terrible Tomorrows - comes an exciting new novel for young adults aged 12-16. Slettbyrd will transport you to snowy climes, to a distant land gripped by fear and prejudice and to a teenage boy who will do everything he can to protect the people he loves.Ninety-nine years of winter.Ninety-nine years sincethe first white-haired, three-thumbed slettbyrd – the scourge of the Gjördish people – was born.Ninety-nine years since the red-cloaked Slettseeker arrived to destroy every last slettbyrd child……with Janeck’s baby sister next on the list.To save her, 14-year-old Janeck Potetsky will have to relearn everything hethoughthe knew about the world. He’ll have to take on the wild, snowy wastelands and the brutal prejudices of a century-long regime. He’ll have to defeat the all-powerful Slettseeker… or die trying.