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The Kin

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Kin
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Dickinson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:440
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 133
ISBN/Barcode 9781504014786
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Open Road Media
Imprint Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Publication Date 26 May 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Four children embark on a quest for a new land at the dawn of human history Africa, two hundred thousand years ago: Suth and Noli were orphaned the night the murderous strangers came, speaking an unfamiliar language and bringing violence to the peaceful Moonhawk tribe. Determined not to die in the desert, Suth and Noli slip away with Ko and Mana. Suth, the eldest, leads them; Noli's dreams of the future guide them. Ko gives them courage; Mana gives them peace. Their search for a new Good Place, one of food and safety, will take them across the valleys and plains of prehistoric Africa and bring them together as a tribe and as a family.

Author Biography

Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world. The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers' Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children's literature and was the first author to win it twice. Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.

Reviews

"The Kin is a thrilling piece of work. . . . Peter Dickinson has an appetite for large ideas and the power and skill to bring them to life. Dickinson is a writer of great vision." -Philip Pullman "An exciting read. . . . The real adventure here is the exhilarating mix of ideas the novel so nimbly sets forth." -Publishers Weekly