Raiders' Ransom

By Emily Diamand
(The Chicken House, Hardcover, 9780545142977, 352pp.)

Publication Date: December 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback

Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Action & Adventure - General

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2009 Kids' List

“In a futuristic England that is almost entirely underwater, people have long forgotten the power of technology, except for a dangerous few to whom it is worth any ransom - even the prime minister's daughter. Raiders' Ransom has a swiftly moving plot that will surprise readers over and over again.”

-- Ellen Davis, Dragonwings Bookstore, Waupaca, WI

Description

Winner of the inaugural Chicken House/London Times Children's Fiction Competition, which called it "a funny, clever, towering adventure."

It's the 22nd century and, because of climate change, much of England is underwater. Poor Lilly is out fishing with her trusty sea-cat when greedy raiders pillage the town--and kidnap the prime minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly decides to find the girl. Off she sails, in secret. And with a ransom: a mysterious talking jewel. "If I save his daughter," Lilly reasons, "the prime minister's sure to reward me." Little does Lilly know that it will take more than grit to outwit the tricky, treacherous piratical tribes!

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