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From the internationally bestselling author who brought us Ender’s Game , a brand-new series that instantly draws readers into the world of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people’s pasts. Rigg’s only confidant is his father, whose sudden... read more

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Rigg has to go to the Capital city of the Wallfold and find his sister

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  • “For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment”

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Rigg and Father usually set traps together, because it was Rigg who had the knack of seeing the paths that the animals they wanted were still using.

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Chapter 1 If a Tree Falls
Chapter 2 Upsheer
Chapter 3 Nox's Wall
Chapter 4 Shrine of the Wondering Saint
Chapter 5 Riverside Tavern
Chapter 6 Leaky and Loaf
Chapter 7 O
Chapter 8 The Tower
Chapter 9 Umbo
Chapter 10 Citizen
Chapter 11 Backward
Chapter 12 In Irons
Chapter 13 Rigg Alone
Chapter 14 Flacommo's House
Chapter 15 Trust
Chapter 16 Blind Spot
Chapter 17 Scholar
Chapter 18 Digging in the Past
Chapter 19 Aressa Sessamo
Chapter 20 What Knosso Knew
Chapter 21 Noodles
Chapter 22 Escape
Chapter 23 Carriage
Chapter 24 Jump from the Rock
Chapter 25 Expandable
Acknowledgments

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  • Privick: People upriver use this name for people who are obviously from downriver. They speak and dress differently than the people upriver.
  • Expendables: Androids used to run the space ship piloted by Ram.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Serpent World. (standard series)

Followed by Ruins.

This book is in Rainy Day Books (Staff Picks for 2010). (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Orson Scott Card (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 23, 2010
ISBN: 141699176X
Page Count: 672

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  • Library of Congress: PZ 7 .C1897 Pat 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Great book for kids ages 12, maybe 13 and up. Orson Scott Card never dissapoints, as he has written the award winning series of Ender's Game as well. This along with Ender's Game is a sci-fi book. It is a little difficult and requires the reader to be able to picture what is going on in the story well in their mind, because there are unusual things that you have to get an image for yourself in order to understand.

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