num_pages: 336
description: In the city of Ark speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the approved lexicon and face banishment. The exceptions are the Wordsmith and his apprentice Letta the keepers and archivists of all language in their post-apocalyptic neo-medieval world. On the death of her master Letta is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith charged with collecting and saving words. But when she uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language and rob Arks citizens of their power of speech she realizes that its up to her to save not only words but culture itself.
language: English
title: The List
publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky