Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That’s fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba’s world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.
Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she’s a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.
Blood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Moira Young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction.
(~As taken from Goodreads.com)
Prizes
The first volume of the Dustlands trilogy, Blood Red Road, was published in 2011 to international critical acclaim. It was optioned pre-publication by Ridley Scott for Scott Free UK. It has been short-listed for numerous prizes and was awarded:
UK
- Costa Children’s Book Award 2011
- Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2012
- Rib Valley Book Award 2012
- Spellbinding Book Award 2012
CANADA
- BC Book Prize for Children’s Literature 2012 (Sheila A Egoff Children’s Literature Prize)
USA
- Cybils Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction
- ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
- Publishers Weekly starred review
FRANCE
(published as Saba, Ange de la Mort)
- Prix Europeen Utopiales Jeunesse 2012
