num_pages: 368
description: On a storm-ravaged night, a 19-year-old girl is kidnapped, raped, and killed. Three days later, her two younger brothers set out in search of her murderer. Cole, 17, is a dark-eyed devil who doesn't care if he lives or dies, while Ruben, 14, is a strange child who sometimes, inexplicably, experiences sensations above and beyond his own. This is the story of the boys' journey from their half-gypsy home on a London junk lot to the ghostly moors of Devon, where they hope and fear to find the truth about their sister's death. It's a long road, cold and hard and violent. It's THE ROAD OF THE DEAD.
language: English
title: The Road of the Dead
titlecomplete: The Road of the Dead
characters: Jess Delaney, Ruben Ford, Abbie Gorman, Cole Ford, Rachel Ford
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary, Teen, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Crime, Horror, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2983
places: Lychcombe, England, Dartmoor, Devon, England, Plymouth, England
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Push