Dragonfly Song

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: A & U
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 393 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Abandoned by the priestess of the island at birth, Aissa is an outcast, surviving by her wits - until she joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on the island of the Bull King. A gripping and powerful adventure by acclaimed author Wendy Orr.WINNER: 2017 Prime Ministers Literary Award, Childrens FictionWINNER: 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Childrens Literature HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2017 There are two ways of looking at Aissas story. Shes the miracle girl who escaped the raiders. Or shes the cursed child who called the Bull Kings ship to the island.The firstborn daughter of a priestess is cast out as a baby, and after raiders kill her adopted family, she is abandoned at the gates of the Great Hall, anonymous and mute. Called No-Name, the cursed child, she is raised a slave, and not until she is twelve does she learn her name is Aissa: the dragonfly.Now every year the Bull King takes a tribute from the island: two thirteen-year-old children to brave the bloody bull dances in his royal court. None have ever returned - but for Aissa it is the only escape.Aissa is resilient, resourceful, and fast - but to survive the bull ring, she will have to learn the mystery of her true nature.A riveting, mythic Bronze Age adventure from award-winning author Wendy Orr.

ISBN: 9781760290023