The Kin
By: Peter Dickinson
Publisher: Firebird
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780142501207
Subjects: Survival; English Young adult fiction; Prehistoric peoples; Orphans; Fiction
Description: It is two hundred thousand years ago. A small group of children are cut off from their Kin, the Moonhawks, when they are driven from their "Good Place" by violent strangers. While searching for a new Good Place, they face the parched desert, an active volcano, a canyon flood, man-eating lions, and other Kins they've never seen before. Told from four points of view, with tales of the Kins' creation interspersed throughout, this epic novel humanizes early man and illuminates the beginning of language, the development of skills, and the organization of society. It is a triumphant book from one of the genre's most revered authors.
Notes: "Firebird fantasy"--Spine.
Table of contents: title: Suth's story; title: Noli's story; title: Ko's story; title: Mana's story.