Reavers' Ransom

Im Jahre 2216: Lilly lebt mit ihrer Oma in einem Fischerdorf. Moderne Technik gibt es nicht mehr, nachdem das ganze Land überflutet wurde. Die Menschen leben hauptsächlich vom Fischen und müssen sich vor Piraten in Acht nehmen. Eines Tages passiert es dann: das Dorf wird von Piraten überfallen. Lill......more

Originally published in the UK as Reavers' Ransom, and then reprinted (also in the UK) as Flood Child, before being released here in the states as Raiders' Ransom, this debut novel from Emily Diamand was the winner of the initial Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, set up to recogniz......more

Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com Set in a post-apocalyptic England, Lilly Melkun has a fairly ordinary life. Each day, she and her seacat go out fishing and come back to a home-cooked supper that Granny has made. One day, however, when she returns home, she discovers the village has been ransa......more