Urgle
  • Published: 2 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781849396622
  • Imprint: Andersen Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

Urgle

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An exciting, heart-breaking debut - The Knife of Never Letting Go meets Stand by Me.

Abandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for themselves, each training their Little Brother to survive – until they grow into men and it's time for their Leaving Day.

No boy knows what’s beyond the forest.
No Brother who left has ever come back.
Until now . . .

‘An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived’ Sunday Times
‘The writing [is] sharp and funny, the boys [are] an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness’ Guardian
  • Published: 2 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781849396622
  • Imprint: Andersen Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
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About the author

Meaghan McIsaac

Meaghan McIsaac grew up as a scifi and fantasy nerd in Canada. Having spent her childhood writing stories and performing in her high school’s musicals, she shipped off to the UK to complete an MA in Writing for Children. She returned to Toronto, where she lives now with her family and dogs, and writes books in her favourite genre.

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Praise for Urgle

An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived

Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times 'Book of the Week'

The Pit and its community (are) a thought-through world, the writing sharp and funny, the boys an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness

Guardian

Fierce questions are woven in to a fast paced adventure that will delight thrill seekers and deep thinkers alike.

Katy Clapham, Storytellers, Inc.

A fast-moving, sometimes heartbreaking adventure with enough action to keep readers entertained, [with] a subtle message that no one should be judged without having a chance to prove him- or herself.

Laura Godfrey, Quill & Quire

An enticing debut

The School Librarian

A mind-blowing and outstanding adventure

Isabel Popple, Waterstones Truro

I thoroughly enjoyed this unusual story set in a world seemingly unknown to us. The links to our world emerge and suddenly it all makes sense. Read it, you will not forget it.

Robin Johansson (aged 14), Lovereading

One of the best books I have ever read and if you want something that will pull at your heartstrings Urgle will do just that.

Carla McGuigan (aged 13), Lovereading

One of the top five children's books of 2013

The Children's Bookshop (Huddersfield), Independent on Sunday

A really, really good book!

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