Ottilie Colter And The Narroway Hunt (#1 Narroway Trilogy)

Author: Rhiannon Williams

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  • : $19.99 NZD
  • : 9781760500849
  • : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
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  • : December 2017
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Kathleen's review - I don't know how this one escaped me when it came out earlier this year, but I've just read it and I'm hooked!

 

“Magic doesn’t exist - don’t be silly! That’s just old stories to frighten the children.” But what then are the impossible creatures - the dreadretch - that Ottilie ends up hunting? This is a fantastic adventure with undertones about friendship, human rights and gender equality.

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In the most thrilling fantasy of the year, a young girl must pretend to be a boy to rescue her brother from a secret order of monster hunters. 


Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him – and soon makes a horrible discovery. Gully has been forcibly recruited by the Narroway Hunt, a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage, blight-spreading monsters called ‘dredretches’. 


Disguising herself as a boy, Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt – but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't be easy. Trapped in the heart of the dredretch-infested Narroway, it's impossibly dangerous for them to leave. But as she trains to become a Huntsman alongside her brother, hoping for a chance to escape, how long can she keep her true identity a secret?


From Rhiannon Williams, the first ever middle-grade winner of the Ampersand Prize, comes book one in this bewitching trilogy about friendship, bravery and having the courage to do what’s right. Perfect for fans of Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell and A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee.

Reviews

'Imaginative, fearsome and exciting. I loved it.'


– Judith Rossell, author of the bestselling Stella Montgomery Intrigue series


'Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt is the first middle-grade novel to win Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize, and it seems destined to be one of those award-winners that also captures the hearts of its audience. It takes the familiar path of the ‘apprenticeship plot’ often found in fantasy-adventure, but it also explores deeper questions about fairness, gender and friendship, making for a highly enjoyable read. The world-building is original and pared back enough so that it never distracts from the story. This is a great book to put into the hands of Ranger’s Apprentice or Song of the Lioness fans aged nine to 12.'


- Holly Harper is an author and bookseller at Readings Kids