The Keeping Place: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 4 by Isobelle Carmody - ISBN: 9780140295795
Paperback
Mind powers ignite rebellion as a seer’s clues unlock Obernewtyn’s fate.

The Keeping Place: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 4

  • Paperback

    768 pages

  • Release Date

    7 March 2000

Summary

After a kidnapping, Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits are forced to join the rebellion against the oppressive Council, using their extraordinary mind powers. But Elspeth must also seek out clues left by the long-dead seer, Kasanda, vital to her quest to destroy the Beforetime weaponmachines. One clue is lost in the past, forcing Elspeth to travel the Dreamtrails, stalked by a terrifying winged beast, with the cat, Maruman, as her guide and guardian. Only there can she learn more of the Beforetim…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140295795
ISBN-10:0140295798
Author:Isobelle Carmody
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:768
Edition:1st
Release Date:7 March 2000
Weight:484g
Dimensions:180mm x 113mm x 51mm
Series:Obernewtyn Chronicles
About The Author

Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed authors of fantasy. At fourteen, she began Obernewtyn, the first book in her much-loved Obernewtyn Chronicles, and has since written many works in this genre. Her novel The Gathering was joint winner of the 1993 Children’s Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBCA Book of the Year Award, and Greylands was joint winner of the 1997 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction (Young Adult category), and was named a White Raven at the 1998 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Isobelle’s work for younger readers includes her two series, The Legend of Little Fur, and The Kingdom of the Lost, the first book of which, The Red Wind, won the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers in 2011. She has also written several picture books as well as collections of short stories for children, young adults and adults. Recently she completed a PhD at the University of Queensland and currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and Brisbane.

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