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Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic, 2008. |
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| ISBN: |
9780385611923 9781862916876 186291687X |
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| Description: |
xii, 707 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. |
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Foundlings -- Children's fiction.
Monsters -- Children's fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Children's stories.
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| Summary: |
The Half-Continent is becoming even more unsafe - monster attacks are on the rise, and every far-flung village or town is calling for help to fight them. Into this dangerous landscape the lamplighters must venture daily, keeping the roads safely lit for travellers. It is not a job for the faint-hearted, and every week there are reports of new theroscades. Foundling Rossamund Bookchild, sworn into the Emperor's Service as a prentice lamplighter, is finding his training at Winstermill Fortress difficult and lonely. His life is further complicated by the arrival of a young wit, determined to spite her famous mother by becoming a lowly lantern-stick. As Rossamund begins to make new friends in this sinister world, he also seems to make more enemies, finding himself pushed towards a terrible destiny, a fate beyond anything he could ever have imagined. |
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