Children's Fiction Fantasy & Magic
The Jade Spindle
- Publisher
- eSisters Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2012
- Category
- Fantasy & Magic
- Recommended Age
- 13 to 17
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780991744015
- Publish Date
- Dec 2012
- List Price
- $5.99
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Description
An adventure in another world – a slender string universe that runs close to ours and was settled long ago by people of the Yellow Emperor. Headstrong Joss, her gangly twin Mark and their friends find an accidental channel to this alien landscape where they are tipped into its battles, journeys and intrigues. They meet naive kings, scheming courtiers, peasant girls and potters in a world where a sun never rises or sets.
About the author
Alice Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a weekly newspaper reporter. She served as the City of Edmonton’s first poet laureate from 2005–2007. Among her previous books are Memory's Daughter, for which she won the Stephan G. Stephansson Award in 2011; The Occupied World; and The Office Tower Tales, for which she won the Pat Lowther Award in 2009. In 2010, she received a lifetime achievement award, presented by the City of Edmonton and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton.