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The Dark Horse Marcus Sedgwick Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | 0-385-73054-3 | February 2003 | $15.95 Ages 10 and up

Where would you go and what would you do if your city was burned and those you loved and knew from your childhood were killed? Sixteen-year-old Sigurd not only has to determine the answers to these questions for himself, but because he has been appointed their leader, he also has to make the decisions for his people. When the Storn people are brutally attacked, they run for their lives and scatter into the cliffs and forests surrounding what was once their village. The survivors eventually find one another and set in motion a plan to escape the bloodthirsty tribe that wants them dead. Will they be able to survive the attacks and live to restore their village? What will happen to them since so many of their tribe are now dead?

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Prepared by Susan Geye, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Ninth Grade Campus, Crowley, TX

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