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The good hawk

Title
The good hawk / Joseph Elliott.
Author
Elliott, Joseph (Actor)
Publication
  • Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, a division of Candlewick Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

Details

Additional Authors
  • Balbusso, Anna, 1967-
  • Balbusso, Elena, 1967-
Description
319 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who patrols the high walls of her island home. She takes pride in her duties, though some in her clan whisper that she has only been given them to keep her out of the way, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. To make matters worse, he's been chosen for a duty that has been outlawed by the clan for generations: to marry. The elders won't say why they have promised him to a girl from a neighboring island, but there are rumors of approaching danger. When disaster strikes and the clan is kidnapped, it is up to Agatha and Jaime to travel across mainland Scotia, a land devastated by a mysterious plague, where forgotten magic and dark secrets lurk in every shadow ..."--Page 2 of cover
Series Statement
  • Shadow skye ; 1
  • Elliott, Joseph (Actor). Shadow skye ; 1.
Subject
  • Magic > Fiction
  • People with disabilities > Fiction
  • Island people > Fiction
  • Betrayal > Fiction
  • Friendship > Fiction
  • Clans > Fiction
  • Quests (Expeditions) > Fiction
  • Human-animal communication > Fiction
  • Kidnapping > Fiction
  • Personnes handicapées > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Insulaires > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Trahison (Morale) > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Amitié > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Clans > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Quête > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Communication avec les animaux > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Alliances
  • Clans
  • Human-animal communication
  • People with disabilities
  • Teenagers
Genre/Form
  • Young adult fiction.
  • Young adult works.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Action and adventure fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.
  • Fiction.
ISBN
  • 9781536215168
  • 1536215163
LCCN
2019939811
OCLC
1273561076
Author
Elliott, Joseph (Actor), author.
Title
The good hawk / Joseph Elliott.
Publisher
Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, a division of Candlewick Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First U.S. paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Shadow skye ; 1
Elliott, Joseph (Actor). Shadow skye ; 1.
Added Author
Balbusso, Anna, 1967- illustrator.
Balbusso, Elena, 1967- illustrator.
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