Urchin

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2021

ISBN-13: 9781927917862

<p>They say Dorthea&#8217;s family is cursed. The house built by Great-Great-Grandfather on the Southside Road has never been at peace. Old people say it lies on a fairy path&#8212;a gateway to the world of the Little Strangers.&#160;</p><p>All Newfoundland is enthralled when Marconi arrives with a wireless telegraphy team. Dor takes on a new identity as newspaper errand boy Jack, and joins the famous experimenter on Signal Hill. Becoming Jack is a profound personal awakening. But Jack also discovers that Marconi has a secret mission: receiving the first wireless transatlantic radio signal. And this new technology is wreaking havoc on the Little Strangers.&#160;</p><p>Then Dor&#8217;s mother disappears. Has she been kidnapped in revenge? Will Jack be forced to sabotage Marconi&#8217;s experiments to save her?&#160;</p><p>Dancing between the hidden realm of fairylore and the dynamic world of early 20th-century scientific innovation,&#160;<span>Urchi</span>n is an exuberant story of self-discovery.</p><p>From the author of&#160;<span>Blasted</span>&#160;and YA fantasy duo&#160;<span>Antilia</span>.</p>