Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
Osmo Unknown hungers for the world beyond his small town. With the life that Littlebridge society has planned for him, the only taste Osmo will ever get are his visits to the edge of the Fourpenny Woods where his mother hunts. Until the unthinkable happens: his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk,...
| Main Author: | Valente, Catherynne M., 1979- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Margaret K. McElderry Books,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Osmo Unknown hungers for the world beyond his small town. With the life that Littlebridge society has planned for him, the only taste Osmo will ever get are his visits to the edge of the Fourpenny Woods where his mother hunts. Until the unthinkable happens: his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk, a fearsome and intelligent creature that lives deep in the forest. None of this should have anything to do with poor Osmo, except that a strange treaty was once formed between the Quidnunx and the people of Littlebridge to ensure that neither group would harm the other. Now that a Quidnunk is dead, as the firstborn child of the hunter who killed her, Osmo must embark on a quest to find the Eightpenny Woods-the mysterious kingdom where all wild forest creatures go when they die-and make amends. Accompanied by a very rude half-badger, half-wombat named Bonk and an antisocial pangolin girl called Never, it will take all of Osmo's bravery and cleverness to survive the magic of the Eightpenny Woods to save his town...and make it out alive. |
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| Physical Description: |
401 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Audience: |
Ages 8-12 Grades 4-6 |
| ISBN: |
9781481476997 1481476998 |
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