'One of the standout titles of the year' The Independent 'Very special' The Times 'Gourlay's evocative writing grips from the outset' The Guardian 'A master storyteller' The Scotsman 'Vividly drawn. Children's Book Awards - Shortlists and Winners.Joanne Owen Find This Book In Suitable For: Not for Samkad, nor for his family and culture.īy turns universal and unique, historically enlightening and emotionally powerful, this relatable, resonant coming-of-age adventure boasts an abundance of heart, atmosphere and action. Then, when the Americans arrive, bringing war and destruction to the Bontok’s remote mountains, nothing will be the same again.

Samkad’s absorbing journey to manhood is intensified when a white stranger arrives in his village claiming to be his brother, a stranger who tells tales of a people called Americans. Samkad cannot wait to become a man through undergoing the ‘Cut’ rites of passage observed by his Bontok tribe (later ignorantly mispronounced by American occupiers as “Bone Talk”), though he fears losing his best friend Luki as a result, for Luki is a girl and their relationship will be forbidden, even though they share the same ambitions - to become a warrior, to fight the Mangili. This immersive coming-of-age epic is set in the late nineteenth century, when an age-old Filipino culture first encounters the brutal warmongering of white men. Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2018

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