Nation Hardcover - 2008

From the rear cover

The sea has taken everything.

Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne--a girl from the other side of the globe--is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave.

Together the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne's sheltering fire, other refugees slowly arrive: children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands without wives--all of them hungry and all of them frightened. As Mau and Daphne struggle to keep the small band safe and fed, they defy ancestral spirits, challenge death himself, and uncover a long-hidden secret that literally turns the world upside down. . . .

Internationally revered storyteller Terry Pratchett presents a breathtaking adventure of survival and discovery, and of the courage required to forge new beliefs.

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Citations

• ALA Best Books Young Adults, 03/15/2009, Page 16
• ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2009, Page 24
• Asimov's Science Fiction, 12/01/2009, Page 107
• Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 68
• Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2009, Page 14
• Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2008, Page 594
• Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2009, Page 0
• Kirkus Review - Children, 08/15/2008, Page 892
• Library Journal, 12/09/2008, Page 0
• New York Times Book Review, 12/07/2008, Page 55
• Publishers Weekly, 08/11/2008, Page 47
• School Library Journal, 10/01/2008, Page 158
• SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2008, Page 41