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The wordsmith

Patricia Forde

2015285 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015Little Island · 285 pages · ENGISBN 9781908195999
  • 2018Little Island · ENGISBN 9781912417124

On the death of her master, Letta is suddenly promoted from apprentice to wordsmith, charged with collecting and archiving words in post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval Ark. When she uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language and rob the people of Ark of the power of speech, she realises that she has to save not only words, but the culture itself.

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