Stolen Children of Quentaris
By (Author) Gary Crew
Hachette Australia
Lothian Children's Books
24th August 2006
Australia
Children
Fiction
A823.3
Paperback
160
Width 125mm, Height 195mm, Spine 12mm
150g
Stolen Children of Quentaris is the prequel to Gary Crew's previous Quentaris title, The Plague of Quentaris. Stolen Children is a gripping fantasy novel which tells the story of the Quentaran children - including Garnet, Jasper and Moon Jewel - who are stolen by Nordian traders as wares for the despicable Trollantan rat people. The novel details the children's journey though the rift caves in tumbrels drawn by the brutish Nordians, and their final arrival in the court of the Trollantan rat king, the hideous Rodentia. The climax is the attack of the Trollantans on Quentaris and the joyful escape of the children - those who survive their torturous ordeal with the Trollantans, that is.
Gary Crew is well known for his rich, multi-layered and intensely suspenseful bestselling novels for young adults. Four times the winner of the CBC Book of the Year Award, as well as other numerous awards, Gary was a high school English teacher for eighteen years, before turning to university lecturing and full-time writing. He lives in Queensland.