Urgle
Meaghan McIsaac
Paperback
(Andersen, May 1, 2014)
Abandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for themselves, each training their Little Brother to survive โ until they grow into men and it's time for their Leaving Day. No boy knows whatโs beyond the forest. No Brother who left has ever come back. Until now . . . โAn imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived โ Sunday Times โThe writing [is] sharp and funny, the boys [are] an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness โ Guardian