Obernewtyn: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 1
Author: Carmody, Isobelle
ISBN: 9780140178548
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 01 Jun 1993
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
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
ISBN: 9780140178548
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 01 Jun 1993
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
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
