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The time has come at last for Elspeth Gordie to leave the Land on her quest to find and stop the computermachine Sentinel from unleashing the deadly Balance of Terror arsenal. But before she can embark on her quest, she must find a lost key. And although she has long prepared for this day, nothing is as she imagined. Elspeth's search will take her where she never thought to go, and bestow upon her stranger companions than any she thought to have. It will lead her far from her destination to show more those she thought lost forever. And it will test her, as she has never been tested before ... show lessTags
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Isobelle Carmody was born in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia on June 16, 1958. She is the author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles, the Legend of Little Fur series, and the Kingdom of The Lost series. She also illustrated the last two series. She has received numerous awards including the Talking Book of the Year in 1992 for Scatterlings, the show more Children's Literature Peace Prize in 1994 for The Gathering, an Aurealis Award for Darksong, a Golden Aurealis for Alyzon Whitestarr, and the 2016 Bronze Ledger Award for Evermore. She was also voted Australia's Favourite Author in Booktopia's annual poll in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Sending (Complete Australian Editions) (Complete Australian Editions)
- Original title
- The Sending
- Original publication date
- 2011
- People/Characters
- Elspeth Gordie; Maruman; Gahltha; Rushton Seraphim; Dragon; Swallow (show all 9); Analivia; Ahmedri; Dameon
- Important places
- Obernewtyn
- Dedication
- for my friend Kristin Olson who has all the qualities of a good heroine: she can kickbox, she is courageous and clever and intrepid, and she has perfect manners.
- First words
- At the far end of a narrow passage, a yellow light flashed a dull summons in the grainy dimness.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And I rose.
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the complete version, as originally published in Australia. Published elsewhere in two parts, the first part being unfortunately titled as for the original whole.
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- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Fantasy, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .C2176 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, French
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