Book Author :: Kage Baker

Review

The Bird of the River

Posted: September 29, 2010 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Kage Baker, Fantasy
The Bird of the River

When a job goes fatally wrong for their mother, teenage Eliss and her younger half-brother Alder find themselves orphaned and marooned on the barge Bird of the River. The crew takes pity and lets them stay on and the pair hope to have finally found a ‘home’ that welcomes them. They’ve lived a rough and itinerant life as a result of their irresponsible mother: Alder is half Yendari, and Eliss has had to make up the difference when their mother was wasted from smoking yellow weed.
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