Bone Talk, Candy Gourlay
Bone Talk, Candy Gourlay
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Bone Talk

Author: Candy Gourlay

Narrator: Ramón de Ocampo

Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/05/2019


Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal (UK)Shortlisted for the Costa Prize (UK)Sunday Times Children's Book of the WeekThe Guardian Book of the MonthThe Times Books of the Year"Hotly Anticipated Historical Fiction for Young Adults" Amazon.co.ukIt is 1899. Ten year old Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world. He knows that home is in the mountains. He knows who his friends and his enemies are. And he knows that he will grow up to become a warrior like his dad, with his own shield, spear and axe.His best friend is Little Luki and she too wants to become a warrior - though there's little chance of that because she is just a girl.Then strangers arrive: a boy with many languages in his throat ... and weird-looking men called Americans who bring war and death.Set during the U.S. invasion of the Philippines.Endorsed by Amnesty International: "Amnesty International endorses Bone Talk because it upholds many human rights, including our rights to life, to equality, to have a religion, to enjoy our own culture. It also shows us what can happen when these are taken away from us."

About Candy Gourlay

Candy Gourlay is an author and a journalist who knew that she wanted to write ever since she was a little girl in the Philippines. She lives with her husband and her three children in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellie

Young Samkad is desperate to become a man. His father is a valued and respected warrior within the Bontoc community, and, to Samkad, the epitome of what it means to be a man. If only Samkad could prove to the elders that he too possesses such physical and inner strength. However, when a spiral of ev......more

------Stat Score------ Plot/Content: 7/10 Characters/POVs: 6/10 Prose/Style: 6/10 Themes/Messages: 10/10 Enjoyability/Impact: 8/10 OVERALL RATING: 7/10 (Good) A more objective review on the book that first charmed me into reading fiction novels. "Heh, Sam, you don't need a stupid ceremony to become a man......more

I purchased this at YALC, on the insistence by the publisher that I absolutely must read it. She was right, a wonderful and quick introduction to the history of a part of the world I am completely ignorant to. Candy Gourlay, uses plenty of imagery to drop you into the middle of the Bontok community,......more

Goodreads review by Shealea

Oh my god. My heart is beating so fast.......more