Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
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Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M Valente
"I loved every speck of it." --Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the MoonFrom New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes an inventive middle grade fantasy that follows a boy journeying away from the only home he's ever known and into the magical realm of the dead to fulfill a bargain for his people.
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.
Catherynne M., Catherynne M., Catherynn Valente is a fantasy and science fiction novelist, short story writer, and poet who has had works published in the New York Times. She has received Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominations, as well as the Locus and Andre Norton prizes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781481476997 |
| ISBN 10 | 1481476998 |
| Title | Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods |
| Author | Catherynne M Valente |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2022-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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