8168 0f7f8f2c-c6ba-472f-ad5c-7077a9161a2c Lamplighter D. M. Cornish calibre (0.8.2) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2010-09-16T10:00:00+00:00 <div><h3>Review</h3><p>ÒReminiscent of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan.Ó Ñ_School Library Journal_, starred review </p><p>ÒFrom the pre-industrial English feel to the sprawling setting and backstory, this book feels every bit as substantial as its heft implies.Ó Ñ_Publishers Weekly_, starred review </p><p>ÓGives the Dickensian orphan story an original spin. . . . Expertly envisioned and peopled with intriguing characters.Ó Ñ_Booklist_, starred review </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Continuing the absorbing, inventive saga started in <em>Foundling</em>, <em>Lamplighter</em> follows RossamŸnd Bookchild, now one of the EmperorÕs lamplighters, who is sworn to protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild. Small and meek, he does not fit in. Then a haughty young female monster hunter is forced upon the lamplighters for training. As RossamŸnd begins to make new friends in the dangerous world of the Half-Continent, he also seems to make more enemies, finding himself pushed toward a destiny that he could never have imagined. . . . </p> </div> Penguin 9780142414620 en Fiction:Young Adult