BOOK OF THE WEEK – BLOOD RED ROAD

Moira Young has just won the Costa Children’s Book Award for her teen novel Blood Red Road. This is what the judges said about it:

“It’s astonishing how, in her first novel, Moira Young has so successfully bound believable characters into a heart-stopping adventure. She kept us reading, and left us hungry for more. A really special book.”

And from the blurb:

The dustlands beyond remote Silverlake are ruined and lawless. Saba, born and raised there, has hardly ever seen a traveller pass. Until the day black-robed riders arrive in search of her brother. They have been waiting to take him all his life.

Lugh is gone, and with him half of Saba’s soul. She must find her twin, and nothing but death itself will stop her. On her dangerous journey, accompanied by a clever crow, Saba needs courage and a spirit as strong and sharp as her crossbow to survive. Along the road come enemies and allies – and a mysterious young man with eyes the colour of moonlight…

Read Blood Red Road, and let me know what you think.