Abandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for themselves, each training their Little Brother to survive - until they grow into men and it's time for their Leaving Day. No boy knows what's beyond the forest. No Brother who left has ever come back. Until now . . . `An imaginative world with the glint of originality . . . richly conceived' Sunday Times `The writing [is] sharp and funny, the boys [are] an arresting mixture of toughness and tenderness' Guardian

 

This book is part of a book series called Urgle .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Andersen Press Ltd .

Meaghan McIsaac grew up as a scifi and fantasy nerd in Canada. Having spent her childhood writing stories and performing in her high school's musicals, she shipped off to the UK to complete an MA in Writing for Children. She returned to Toronto, where she lives now with her family and dogs, and writes books in her favourite genre.