num_pages: 250
description: The Blue Hawk. Powerful, sacred, untameable. Its sacrifice will bring glory to the gods, strength to the nation - and the success of evil plans by sinister priests. But when the gods command Tron, a temple boy, to rescue the bird and overturn the sacrifice, the destiny of the kingdom is placed in his hands. Hunted by temple assassins, Tron and his hawk flee into the blazing desert, where they are helped by an ambitious young king with dark secrets of his own. And soon they find themselves at the heart of a ferocious battle for the future of their world. `Magnificent. Peter Dickinson is the past-master storyteller of our day` TLS
language: English
title: The Blue Hawk
titlecomplete: The Blue Hawk
genres: Historical, Fantasy, Childrens, Sci Fi Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 193
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Pan MacMillan