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Is part of The Obernewtyn Chronicles Isobelle Carmody , 1987 series - author novel (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Stone Key
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'When Farseeker Guildmistress Espeth Gordie sets out from Obernewtyn to travel to Sutrium at the end of Wintertime, she quickly learns that not everyone welcomes the changes brought about by the rebellion. Captured by an old and vicious enemy, she is drawn deep into the heart of the Herder Faction, where she learns of a terrible plot to destroy the west coast.

'To stop it, Elspeth must risk everything, knowing that if she dies, she will never complete her quest to find the weaponmachines that destroyed the Beforetime.

'But if she succeeds, her journey will lead her to the last of the signs left for her by the seer Kasanda...' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2008 .
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      Extent: 1000p.
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      • Published 9 December 2008
      ISBN: 9780670071340 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bloomsbury ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 482p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 1st 2011
      ISBN: 9781408806951
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Bluefire ,       2012 .
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      Alternative title: The Dreamtrails
      Extent: ix, 482pp.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 27th 2012
      ISBN: 9780375857720
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Post-Disaster Fiction for Young Adults : Some Trends and Variations Elizabeth Braithwaite , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , vol. 20 no. 1 2010; (p. 5-19) 'Taking as its central question: 'What narrative functions does the disaster in young adult postdisaster fiction have?', this paper explores how the genre is utilised to make comment on a range of issues, and argues that there are three connected sub-genres within young adult post-disaster fiction, with the disaster having a different function in each, and the nature of the comments made by each of these sub-genres tending also to be different.
Stephens considers that: 'The main distinguishing feature of the genre is that its texts are set in a fantasy future which exists some time after the world we know has been destroyed by a cataclysmic disaster, usually caused by human actions' (1992, p.126).
This paper broadens this definition to include texts in which the disaster actually happens but in which the focus is on life after the disaster. It understands fantasy to include speculative fiction which seeks to portray pre-disaster life as similar to the implied young adult reader's, as well as works of high fantasy in which the disaster has made Earth into a kind of secondary world (see Sands 1998, p.232), and focuses on novels in which the disaster has clearly been caused by humans in some way' (Authors abstract).
Misfits and Fanatics Jenny Hale , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 February 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
[Review] The Stone Key Jean Anning , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 2 2008; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
[Review] The Stone Key Anna Ryan-Punch , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 32-33)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
[Review] The Stone Key Anne Briggs , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 23 no. 1 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
Journey Fulfils the Wildest Fantasies Ronni Phillips , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 February 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2008; (p. A2)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel ; Personal Taxidermy Stuart Forsyth , 2007 single work novel
[Review] The Stone Key Anne Briggs , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 23 no. 1 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
[Review] The Stone Key Anna Ryan-Punch , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 32-33)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
Misfits and Fanatics Jenny Hale , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 February 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of The Stone Key Isobelle Carmody , 2008 single work novel
Post-Disaster Fiction for Young Adults : Some Trends and Variations Elizabeth Braithwaite , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , vol. 20 no. 1 2010; (p. 5-19) 'Taking as its central question: 'What narrative functions does the disaster in young adult postdisaster fiction have?', this paper explores how the genre is utilised to make comment on a range of issues, and argues that there are three connected sub-genres within young adult post-disaster fiction, with the disaster having a different function in each, and the nature of the comments made by each of these sub-genres tending also to be different.
Stephens considers that: 'The main distinguishing feature of the genre is that its texts are set in a fantasy future which exists some time after the world we know has been destroyed by a cataclysmic disaster, usually caused by human actions' (1992, p.126).
This paper broadens this definition to include texts in which the disaster actually happens but in which the focus is on life after the disaster. It understands fantasy to include speculative fiction which seeks to portray pre-disaster life as similar to the implied young adult reader's, as well as works of high fantasy in which the disaster has made Earth into a kind of secondary world (see Sands 1998, p.232), and focuses on novels in which the disaster has clearly been caused by humans in some way' (Authors abstract).
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