The Lastling
by Gross, Philip
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0192753835
- ISBN 13
- 9780192753830
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Paris is thrilled when her rich, influential uncle Franklin decides to take her on a trip to the Himalayas. She hopes this will be her chance to prove just how mature and worthy of his company she is. But this will be no pleasure trip. Franklin and his friends are searching for rare and endangered species, and they travel deep into the war-ravaged forest to find them. There they come across Tahr, a twelve-year-old monk who has just seen a shocking visionthe face of a creature known before only in legends . . . and one that Franklin is determined to capture alive. Set in an exotic land wracked by violence, cruelty, and a threatened ecosystem, this edgy and strikingly original novel offers a riveting look at morality and the harshness of natureboth human and otherwise.
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- R21554S
- Title
- The Lastling
- Author
- Gross, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0192753835
- ISBN 13
- 9780192753830
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, England
- This edition first published
- January 6, 2005
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