Gool

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ISBN-13	9780143304005
ISBN-10	0143304003
Stock	Ready to ship - Less than 10 items
Publisher	Penguin
Imprint	Puffin
Publication Date	2 June 2008
Publication Country	New Zealand
Format	Paperback
Author(s)	By Gee, Maurice
Series	Salt Trilogy
Category	Fiction (child/young adult) Award Winning Fantasy & Magical Realism Young Adult Fiction Finalists Storyline Notable Young Adult Fiction 2009 Award Winning Children's Titles

Description of this Book

Gool is the sequel to ' Salt'. Sixteen years have passed since Pearl from Company and Hari from Blood Burrow defeated the tyrant Ottmar. Now their children, Xantee and Lo, face an even more dangerous foe. Hari lies dangerously ill with a fragment of a strange creature wrapped around his throat, draining his life. The beast is called gool, meaning Unbelonger. It is one of many, destroying the mountains and jungles of the world. Somewhere a hidden mother nourishes her gool brood - the children must find and destroy her to save Hari and the world they know. Xantee and Lo, accompanied by Duro, a brave and practical youth who is also a 'speaker', set out on a dangerous mission that takes them through jungles and over mountains to the ruined city, and on to Ceebeedee, where a terrifying clash with the cruel rival leaders and lurking gool awaits them.

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Author's Bio

Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's best-known writers, for both adults and children. He has won a number of literary awards, including the Wattie Award (twice), the Montana Award, and the New Zealand Fiction Award (four times). He has also won the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award.

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