Song for a Scarlet Runner

Author(s): Julie Hunt

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Peat is on the run - forced to flee for her life when she's blamed for bringing bad luck to her village. She heads for the endless marshes, where she's caught by an old healer-woman who makes Peat her apprentice and teaches her the skill of storytelling. But a story can be a dangerous thing. It can take you out of one world and leave you stranded in another - and Peat finds herself trapped in an eerie place beyond the Silver River where time stands still. Her only friends are a 900-year-old boy and his ghost hound, plus a small and slippery sleek - a cunning creature that might sink his teeth into your leg one minute, and save your life the next.

A wonderful read. Exciting fantasy about a girl who is running away from her village when accused of bringing bad luck to it. On her travels she is taught the gift of storytelling which causes her to be trapped in a different world with an unpredictable sleek or scarlet runner as a companion. ->SARAH


Product Information

Winner of Readings Children's Book Prize 2014. Shortlisted for White Ravens Award 2014 and Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Children's Fiction 2014 and Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Young Readers 2014 and Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Children's Novel (8-12 Years) 2013. Long-listed for The Margaret Scott Prize 2015.

'A gripping tale... Both magical and superbly true, this new world draws us into universal struggles of survival, loyalty and freedom, as secrets build and break around us like weather.' - Anna Fienberg

General Fields

  • : 9781743313589
  • : Allen & Unwin
  • : Allen & Unwin Children's Books
  • : December 2012
  • : March 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Julie Hunt
  • : 324