Book description
In the secret community where, through genetic experiments, animals
can talk and children carry animal genes, an unimaginable alien
presence makes its appearance. Vividly described by Christie in his
diary, this creature raises terrifying questions. Is it a threat to
all civilized life? Can it be destroyed or contained . . . ?
Alternating with the diary is the extraordinary story of Ness and
Farral. Will their dangerous journey heal the rift that exists between
their two communities?
In the final exciting novel of The MIssing Link trilogy, Kate
Thompson, twice winner of the Irish Children's Book of the Year, Bisto
Award, raises startling and relevant questions for the twenty-first century.
Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for
young people today for she is a born storyteller, highly original and
thought provoking in her ideas. She has travelled widely in the USA
and India and studied law in London. After living in County Clare, she
moved to Kinvara in County Galway and there, three years ago, she
discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an
accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring
instruments.
Kate is the only author to win the Children's Books Ireland Bisto
Book of the Year award four times - in 2002 for The Beguilers, in 2003
for The Alchemist's Apprentice, in 2004 for Annan Water and in 2006
for The New Policeman.
The New Policeman also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
2005, the Whitbread Book Award Children's category 2005, the
Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards in March 2006 and
has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
