![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I touched Skyler’s hand, my fingers traced the splinters of bone and shreds of skin. Then voices came up again, loud and urgent, someone’s keys jingling, while I stepped forward and touched Skyler’s hand, I didn’t know what I was doing, even Dean asked me that, What are you doing, but I didn’t answer because there was too much in me to speak: I felt the prickly growth of the grass in the lawns all around, as if it was my skin, the beat of the night-bird wings as if I was the one flying, the creaking suck of the trees breathing in the firework air as if the leaves were my own lungs, the drum of the hearts of everyone at the party. ![]() This paragraph is narrated from Noa's first-person POV (the book braids multiple voices together) and is the first moment he uses his gifts. When we reach the following passage, we already know there is something special about Noa, but we're not sure what. I'm interested in how the specific language choices make us understand those powers, creating a thrilling sensation and also resonating with the book's bigger themes. Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn is about a Hawaiian boy with special powers and the rest of his family. ![]()
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![]() Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 9780340962589 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 281 g Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 25 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĪn adventure so heart-thumping, it can feel like a spy thriller. a brilliantly told tale of man and nature' New York Review of Books a tale of astonishing power and vigour' Simon Winchester 'Exciting, memorable - and perfectly, impeccably right. In the harsh depths of winter in Primorye, a gripping tale of man and nature unfolds. Injured, starving and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.Īs he tracks the tiger's deadly progress, John Vaillant draws an unforgettable portrait of a distant and brutal region, over 5,000 miles from Moscow. ![]() As evidence mounts, it becomes clear that the tiger's attacks aren't random: it is seeking revenge. mesmerising, rangy and relentless' Sunday TelegraphĪ man-eating tiger is hunting villagers in the snowy forests of Far Eastern Russia.Ī small team of men and their dogs must hunt the tiger in turn. An unbelievable tale, expertly told' Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain ![]() ![]() ![]() A person who burns his identity after every job can't put down roots.Īs he starts to untangle the mess of secrets and lies that lurk behind the lace curtains of even the most peaceful-seeming of villages, Leo realizes that the truths he's about to uncover will affect his future and that of the man he's growing to care about. 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