Outcast

Author	Michelle Paver
Genre	Children's Fiction
Media	Book
Publisher	Orion
ISBN	9781842551158
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Reviewer	Vicky

Synopsis

The dreadful secret that Torak carries with him at the close of SOUL EATER is revealed and he is cast out from the clans. It's his fourteenth summer. He's alone, cut off even from Wolf and Renn. Hunted and on the run he takes refuge in unknown territory - the haunted reedbeds of Lake Axehead, where he is menaced by the Hidden People. Other threats lurk nearby and his battle with the Soul-Eaters is far from over ...As he fights for his life, Torak uncovers a deception too awful to contemplate, one that shakes him to the core and shatters his world.

Review

Michelle Paver is an extraordinary writer who is able to convey so much in her writings that make us believe and care about her characters Torak and Renn.

Torak is cast out from his adopted tribe and slowly going mad. Both wolf and Renn desperately want to help but he pushes them away as he sinks ever deeper into the battle within him.

Outcast is such a page turner that I read it in one sitting - I felt so much for Torak in his predicament and for Renn and Wolf who so much wanted to help.I wanted to find out how he was going to survive and would he find his friends again, but not only that how would he cope with yet another devastating secret.

I highly recommend this book for children and adults alike because Michelle Pavers stories just keep on getting better and better.