Wild Song
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'A shocking, refreshingly different coming-of-age story' The Times Children's Book of the Week
'A powerhouse of a novel' The Observer
'Confirms Gourlay as a brilliantly accomplished and original historical novelist' The Guardian Books of the Month
'[Gourlay's] sparse and feathery prose has an almost mesmeric quality - and succeeds in building a beautiful story out of harrowing events' The Telegraph, five-star review
The year is 1904. Luki has lived a tribal life in the mountains of the Philippines. Now she's growing up, she is expected to become a wife and a mother, but Luki isn't ready to give up her dream to become a hunter.
When her tribe are offered a journey to America to be part of the St. Louis World's Fair, Luki will discover that the land of opportunity does not share its possibilities equally . . .
Candy Gourlay is of Filipino heritage, and was a journalist before becoming an author. Her novels Tall Story (her debut) and Shine have won the Crystal Kite Prize for Europe. Tall Story was also nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for 13 awards including the Blue Peter Prize, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Branford Boase. Her previous novel Bone Talk published to rave reviews and was shortlisted for the Costa Award and Carnegie Medal.