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Moira Young

Moira Young
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Moira Young

Moira Young is the author of the Dust Lands series. The first book, Blood Red Road, won the Costa Children’s Book Award, was a Cybils Award Winner for fantasy and science fiction, and was a Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. The Dust Lands continues with Rebel Heart, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. A native Canadian, she lives with her husband in the UK. Learn more at DustLandsBooks.com.

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Rebel Heart will be released on October 01, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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News:
Blood Red Road has won an award
Jun 11, 2013
News:
Blood Red Road has won an award
Dec 14, 2012
Rebel Heart will be released on October 30, 2012 in Hardcover, Audio Download
Oct 30, 2012
Rebel Heart is now available in Hardcover, Audio Download
Oct 30, 2012
Rebel Heart will be released on October 30, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Rebel Heart is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Rebel Heart
Oct 20, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
Rebel Heart
Oct 16, 2012
News:
Blood Red Road has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
News:
Blood Red Road has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
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Blood Red Road has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
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Blood Red Road has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
Blood Red Road will be released on January 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jan 03, 2012
Blood Red Road is now available in Trade Paperback
Jan 03, 2012
Dec 22, 2011

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School Library Journal, June 7, 2013
...15 hrs.  Penguin Audio . 2012.  ISBN 978-1-61176-102-3. $29.95. Rebel Heart: Dust Lands, Book 2.  By Moira Young. 10 cassettes or 10 CDs.11:15 hrs.  Recorded Books . 2011. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4703-4358-3, CD: ISBN 978-1-4703-4357-6: $108.75. ...
Falkirk Herald, January 27, 2013
...of Love’ by Alan Gibbons, ‘My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece’ by Annabel Pitcher, ‘Blood Red Road’ by Moira Young, and ‘Gladiator, Fight for Freedom’ by Simon Scarrow. The pupils voted for their favourite and the winner announced on...
Primary Times, December 14, 2012
...she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them... Rebel Heart Moira Young £7.99, Marion Lloyd Books Danger. Betrayal. Destiny. Passion. The superb sequel to BLOOD RED ROAD, the most exciting YA debut of 2011 Saba...
Primary Times, December 5, 2012
...she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them... Rebel Heart Moira Young £7.99, Marion Lloyd Books Danger. Betrayal. Destiny. Passion. The superb sequel to BLOOD RED ROAD, the most exciting YA debut of 2011 Saba...
Toronto Star Online, November 23, 2012
...energy. Rich in character, action, drama and humour, this is a page-turner and thoroughly satisfying. Rebel Heart By Moira Young, Doubleday, 424 pages, $19.95 Ages 13 and up Simple language and straightforward storytelling characterize Young’s...
Guardian.co.uk, November 15, 2012
...She's literally the dead girl next door. That's an amazing feat. 3. Blood Red Road by Moira Young My publisher put this in front of me in advance of recent travels to the UK. I read it in one big, greedy gulp. I have to admit that...
Gazette And Observer, October 5, 2012
...the Dales: Walter Swan and Yvette Huddleston. St Margaret’s Hall, 4.30pm to 5.30pm. Rebel Heart: Moira Young. Ilkley Playhouse Wildman, 4.30pm to 5.15pm. Atomic! With Guy Bass. All Saints School, 4pm to 4.45pm. Raven Hearts: Fiona Dunbar. All...
Springville Journal, May 26, 2013
...of Daniel C. Young; devoted mother of Andrew (Samantha) Young, loving step-mother of Timothy (Beth) Young, and Geoffrey (Moira) Young; cherished grandmother of Elijah, Hannah, Noah, Rebecca, Leah, David, Rachel, Matthew, Sarah, Justin (Christy), Tara,...
The Hamburg Sun, May 26, 2013
...of Daniel C. Young; devoted mother of Andrew (Samantha) Young, loving step-mother of Timothy (Beth) Young, and Geoffrey (Moira) Young; cherished grandmother of Elijah, Hannah, Noah, Rebecca, Leah, David, Rachel, Matthew, Sarah, Justin (Christy), Tara,...
Guardian.co.uk, January 2, 2013
...overall prize, the 2012 Costa book of the year. Previous winners of the Costa children's award include Moira Young, who was last year's winner with Blood Red Road, Patrick Ness in 2010 with The Ask and the Answer and, in 2004, David Almond with The...
Primary Times, December 14, 2012
...she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them... Rebel Heart Moira Young £7.99, Marion Lloyd Books Danger. Betrayal. Destiny. Passion. The superb sequel to BLOOD RED ROAD, the most exciting YA debut of 2011 Saba...
Examiner.com, December 11, 2012
...the Dust Lands series, which is a tad confusing as the first book is titled "Blood Red Road." Moira Young, in her first and second novels, explores telling this...
Primary Times, December 5, 2012
...she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them... Rebel Heart Moira Young £7.99, Marion Lloyd Books Danger. Betrayal. Destiny. Passion. The superb sequel to BLOOD RED ROAD, the most exciting YA debut of 2011 Saba...
Toronto Star Online, November 23, 2012
...energy. Rich in character, action, drama and humour, this is a page-turner and thoroughly satisfying. Rebel Heart By Moira Young, Doubleday, 424 pages, $19.95 Ages 13 and up Simple language and straightforward storytelling characterize Young’s...