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When fifteen-year-old Beck Phillips travels by train to the secluded village of Kingsplot to live with his wealthy but estranged uncle, Beck discovers some dark family secrets. A buried basement, a forbidden wall, an old book of family history with odd references to... dragons? Beck's life is... read more

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  • Beck Phillips: the main character. trouble-maker.
  • Beck: A lonely boy who goes to live with his uncle when his mother dies.
  • Milo: Beck's friend.
  • Wane: The maid
  • Millie: The cook
  • Thomas: The "butler"
  • Scott: The gardener
  • Aeron Phillips: Beck's Uncle
  • Wyatt: The school bully.
  • Ellis: A school bully.
  • Carl: A school bully.
  • Beck: Beck's a trouble maker, it would make sense since his mom's ill, when his mom dies he goes to live with his absent-minded uncle, and his whole life just turns upside down.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “You have brown hair.”
    Aeron
  • “Yes, its true. Garbage does have a better personality than you. But don't worry, you beat garbage in the smell category by far.”
    Beck
  • “The few adults in the cafeteria kept yelling for everyone to calm down, but the attacking salads soon convinced them that they had no real control of the situation.”
    Narrated by Beck
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  • She wore a plaid skirt and long white knee-high socks. Her white shirt was mostly covered by a thick black sweater.
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First Sentence edit see section history

I shouldn't have said it, but the word slipped out of my mouth as easy as air.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Kind and Clever Hooligan
2. I'm Miserable Now
3. Nowhere Fast
4. Up to the Old House
5. Tonight I Am Aware
6. The Headmaster Routine
7. A Rush and a Push
8. I Started Something
9. Paint an Ugly Picture
10. There Is a Glow That Won't Snuff Out
11. Ask
12. Two-Quarters of a Person
13. I Wonder
14. How Long Until Now?
15. Me with a Thron in My Side
16. Is It Really So Odd?
17. Still Sick
18. Disgusting Lie
19. Barbarism Begins
20. Oscillate Madly
21. Panic
22. Death at One's Side
23. I Know It's Ending
24. Having Everything Now

Series & Lists edit see section history

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

Followed by Choke.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Obert Skye (Author) - Author

Other Contributors:

  1. Sheryl Dickert Smith (Designer) - Cover Design
  2. Ben Sowards (Cover Artist) - Cover Artist

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1590389220
Page Count: 316

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