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Tiger Stone

by Deryn Mansell
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Java, Indonesia. Fourteenth century. The villagers are fearful of Mbah Merapi, the rumbling volcano that overshadows their lives. Kancil, the lowliest kitchen servant, knows the real danger is human. But she is fatherless and mute – and will lose everything if her identity is revealed. How can Kancil warn the villagers of the danger they are in?
How can you save someone when you're not sure who you are? This is the question Australian author Deryn Mansell asks in her debut novel Tiger Stone. Young readers will be gripped by this historical junior fiction fantasy and its story of identity, difference and acceptance. For more on the author and this book, visit www.derynmansell.com

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2014

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781742032412

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781742032412
      • File size: 2768 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Books+Publishing

      June 5, 2014
      Tiger Stone is set in the 14th century in a small Indonesian village on the Prambanan Plain in central Java. Kancil and her mother must escape to the village after Kancil’s father is killed and her brother goes missing. Unfortunately, Kancil’s father was Sunda, a people not trusted by the villagers after Sunda bandits stole treasures from the village temple a few years earlier. To protect her identity as half-Sunda, Kancil must hide her accent by pretending she is mute. She makes friends with a prankster called Kitchen Boy, and together they uncover a mysterious plot involving the visiting Majapahit prince. To save the village, they must engage in some Enid Blyton-style snooping and manipulate the adults into doing the right thing before it’s too late. This is a great book for readers aged 12+ who are learning Indonesian, as some traditional words are used throughout the text and explained in the glossary. The story gives readers a feel for Indonesian culture at a particular time in history, and readers will enjoy putting the pieces of the mystery together.

      Andrew Wrathall is publishing and digital media coordinator for Books+Publishing

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