2013 Booker Prize Winner
The Luminaries
β Scribed by Susan Dennard
- Book ID
- 111932402
- Tongue
- ar-SA
- Weight
- 6 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781803364643
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β¦ Synopsis
Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you.β©β¨β©β¨Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's townβand the rest of humanityβfrom the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night.β©β¨β©β¨Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself true and loyalβand restore her family's good name. Or die trying.β©β¨β©β¨But in order to survive, Winnie enlists the help of the one person who can help her train: Jay Friday, resident bad boy and Winnieβs ex-best friend. While Jay might be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls, he also seems to know more about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together, he and Winnie will discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for.β©β¨β©β¨Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.
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