Icebreaker (Icebreaker Trilogy Series #1)

by Lian Tanner

Overview

Twelve-year-old Petrel is an outcast, living on an ancient icebreaker that has been following the same ocean course for three hundred years. The ship's crew has forgotten its original purpose and has broken into three warring tribes. Everyone has a tribe except Petrel, whose parents were thrown overboard for alleged crimes. She has survived by living in the dark corners of the ship, and speaking to no one except two large rats, Mister Smoke and Mrs. Slink.

When a boy is discovered on a frozen iceberg, the crew is immediately on alert. Petrel hides him on board, hoping he'll be her friend. What she doesn't know is that the ship guards a secret, held down deep in its belly, and the boy has been sent to seek and destroy it.

Icebreaker by Lian Tanner is a lush fantasy and thrilling adventure story, with an unforgettable friendship at its heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250079855
Publisher:	Square Fish
Publication date:	08/16/2016
Series:	The Icebreaker Trilogy , #1
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.15(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.85(d)
Lexile:	720L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Lian Tanner is the author of the Keepers trilogy (Museum of Thieves, City of Lies, Path of Beasts), winner of numerous awards around the world, including the Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction. She lives in Australia.

Editorial Reviews

The world of Icebreaker is wonderfully realised: the clanking engines, rusted walkways and icy upper decks of the ship make for vivid settings. There is suspense and danger, and the characterisation is very human and ultimately moving … The first in a new series, Icebreaker should appeal to middle- and upper-primary readers who love adventure, suspense and strange worlds.” —Australian Bookseller and Publisher, four and a half stars, Sept 2013

“This new trilogy will bait readers with its intriguing premise, hook them with its starkly beautiful setting, and reel them in with its fascinating characters. . . . An artfully crafted adventure that's equal parts thought-provoking and thrilling.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Non-stop action against a magical backdrop; this is a wonderful worldto get lost in.”—Catherine Jinks, author of the Evil Genius trilogy

From the Publisher

★ 2015-04-29
Scientists hide a secret aboard a ship headed for the farthest reaches of the Earth in the hopes of saving a remnant of modern technology and knowledge from the Anti-Machinists, a group of zealots determined to throw the world into another Dark Age. The crew of the Oyster is entrusted with guarding the hidden treasure until the crisis is over. But after 300 years and a shipboard civil war that has destroyed all record of their original mission, the only memory of their charge is a vague hope that a sleeping captain will awake and save them when their need is great. Time and war have divided the crew into reluctantly interdependent factions, but the 12-year-old orphan Petrel belongs to no tribe. When she sees a boy stranded on the ice, her loneliness prompts her to seek his rescue. Unfortunately the boy is not the innocent he seems. This new trilogy will bait readers with its intriguing premise, hook them with its starkly beautiful setting, and reel them in with its fascinating characters. While others look toward the revival of technology to save them, Petrel's humanity in the face of brutal ideology makes her the perfect heroine. Two talking ship's rats make splendid companions for Petrel; Tanner's knack with vivid names and textured dialect help to complete the intriguing worldbuilding. An artfully crafted adventure that's equal parts thought-provoking and thrilling. (character list) (Science fiction. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews