The Pack by Tom Pow

The Pack by Tom Pow

The Pack is set in a crumbling and dangerous city, following an economic and political collapse, known as the Dead Time. In the Invisible City, the rich inure themselves from danger and threat by electrified fences and hired guards. The poor and the abandoned, segregated in the Forbidden Territories and The Zones, must fend for themselves and, for them, food is hard to come by, and the winters are cruel. The story centres round a group of street children, Victor, Floris and Bradley, their leader. The children are watched over by the Old Woman, and by a pack of dogs that Bradley has befriended, dogs who now see him as their leader and whose loyalty to him is ferocious. Though life in the Zone is hard it is the only life the children know and they dare not venture into the world beyond it. But then Floris is kidnapped and Bradley and Victor have no choice but to set out to rescue her. Their journey leads them into many dangerous territories, and their lives are endangered more than once, but ultimately it is a journey of discovery, and of healing-Though the world of The Packis fictitious many parallels can be drawn between this and our own world.

"Disturbing and thought-provoking and the story-telling powerful" The Bookseller 20040706 "The Pack is one of the best books of it's kind" Scotsman 20040727 "A gripping and thrilling tale" Inis 20041201 "An intelligent, provocative and compulsive read" The School Librarian 20050401

Tom Pow is a highly regarded Scottish poet. His poetry has won numerous awards and been widely anthologised.

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ISBN 13	9780099475637
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Titel	The Pack
Autor	Tom Pow
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-08-05
Seitenanzahl	256
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