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Saba lives with her father her mother is dead, twin brother lugh, and younger sister emmi in a wasteland where laws do not exist. The novel revolves around sabas quest to find and rescue. When sabas brother is stolen, red rage fills her soul. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher page. Adventure, postapocalyptic, speculative fiction, young adult publisher. Determined to rescue him, she pursues his captors through a wild, wasted land. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 459 pages and is available in hardcover format.
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Saba summary 18 year old saba lives with her father, sister and twin. The book that will blow you away has a dazzling new look in paperback. Sabas life is shattered when her twin brother is stolen by four strangers. Moira young was born in new westminster, bc, where she attended the university of british columbia before heading to the uk to. The main characters of this young adult, science fiction story are lugh, saba. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher. Jan, 2012 moira youngs blood red road is more hunger games than oryx and crake. What happened in blood red road by moira young recaptains.
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