Blood red road by moira young may have just raised that bar. A former actor and opera singer, her debut novel, blood red road, first in the dustlands trilogy, was published in 2011 to international acclaim. Although blood red road takes a ton of influence from the blazing hot ya postapocalyptic fiction scene, its unique in its approach, blending the yapa genre were totally coining that acronym with aspects of. The wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for saba and. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 459 pages and is available in hardcover format. Buy blood red road by moira young from waterstones today. Moira young is from vancouver, bc and now lives in the uk. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Blood red road is a dystopian novel by moira young, published in june 2011 by marion lloyd books in the uk and margaret k.
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Blood red road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Blood red road dust lands book 1 kindle edition by young, moira. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher page. Jul 06, 2011 blood red road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story.
Blood red road by moira young reading guidebook club. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher. Saba has spent her whole life in silverlake, a driedup wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. Jan, 2012 moira youngs blood red road is more hunger games than oryx and crake. The wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for saba and her family to scavenge from. From characterization to plot to world building, moira young is undeniably a gifted writer she creates a dystopian novel thats not about totalitarianism and rebellion, but rather, about this world and an adventure that a strong but imperfect girl partakes in. She is the author of the dustlands trilogy, now published in over thirty countries. Click to read more about blood red road by moira young. An im gonna hafta learn to use it if i wanna survive in the cage. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Warrior girl stars in actionpacked debut for mature teens. It was youngs first book and it inaugurated a trilogy under the series title dust lands. Free download or read online blood red road pdf epub book. In this sequel to the postapocalyptic blood red road, a new, and perhaps more dangerous, enemy is threatening the fragile future of saba and her family. Jun 05, 2011 blood red road is the opening installment in a planned trilogy by the firsttime novelist moira young, and it sets the stage for a classic heros journey.
Megs to me, blood red road alone is an actionadventure story, though the other two books are indeed dystopias. The searchers became my touchstone for blood red road. It was young s first book and it inaugurated a trilogy under the series title dust lands. Blood red road by moira young if you liked hunger games. Initially disarming, the stylized language quickly becomes exciting, fresh and, at times, lyrical. Epics and classic adventure movies also inspired the dustlands books. Internet speculative fiction database tags the books as post. Blood red road dust lands by moira young scholastic.
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