Humans are gone in hollow kingdom, so its up to the crows. Narrated by a domesticated crow named shit turd, a. Hollow kingdom by kira jane buxton grand central publishing. But the book which would probably put me in my severely outofstep place if more people had read it is the hollow kingdom, by clare b. Kira jane buxtons novel imagines a viral apocalypse from the perspective of the animals left behind. The hollow kingdom, the first book in clare dunkles acclaimed fantasy trilogy, will transport readers into a magical realm that newbery award winner lloyd alexander calls as persuasive as it is remarkable. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Each season includes books that will inspire great conversations. Thusly named by the actual fauna of the earth for the fact that they go. The hollow keeps you reading from beginning to end without coming up for air. In kira jane buxtons hollow kingdom, the hollows are the humans. What makes hollow kingdom special is the ease with which buxton offsets heavy themes with humor. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from hallow hill, never to be seen again.
In order to navigate out of this carousel, please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Hollow kingdom is a nature book for our own age, an exuberant, glittering, hardhitting mashup of dawn of the dead and the incredible journey. When i was first offered the opportunity to read hollow kingdom, i hesitated. Buxton spins a fresh, alarming apocalypse from the perspectives of intelligent, communicative animals in her hilarious debut. Its an adventure lit by strange myths, brandnames, television and smartphone screens, a fable with teeth and claws about animals making new lives amongst the ruins of humanity. Book i the hollow kingdom trilogy by dunkle, clare b. This is the official website of kira jane buxton, author of hollow kingdom. The hollow kingdom is the story of a very beautiful, clever young woman determined to outwit the goblin king. The hollow kingdom won the 2004 mythopoeic fantasy award for childrens literature. But, the book sounded interesting and i kept thinking about it. Characters i loved, heroism, heartbreak such heartbreak. Maybe the ishouldntreallymentionthisagainbut beauty kind of outofstep place, at that.
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