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Description edit
The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book One For Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection. But... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Elspeth Gordie: The heroine of the story. She is cast out of society and fights to hide her mental gifts.
- Jes Gordie: Elspeth's brother who seems to dislike her. She does not initially get on well with him, even suspecting him of sending her on a death mission.
- Rushton: A mysterious guy-man who works at the stables with Elspeth. He does not seem to like Elspeth too much.
- Matthew: A friendly boy with enchanced mental abilities similar to Elspeth's.
- Dameon: A blind boy who can feel what other people are feeling, also known as an empath. A good friend of Matthew's.
- Cameo: A girl with abilities like Elspeth's who is eventually destroyed by the mysterious "doctor's" treatments.
- Selmar: A troubled girl with mental abilities who once used to be the "hope of Obernewtyn".
- Rosamunde: Friend of Elspeth who is coerced -by Elspeth- into denouncing her as a Misfit.
- Maruman: Elspeth's friend who is a cat, whom she can converse with mentally. Often has episodes and disappears.
- Madam Vega: The strange, affected, artificial headkeeper at Obernewtyn who holds a lot of the power.
- Alexi: Misfit that is the Doctors assistant
- Enoch: The rather-kind fellow who drives Elspeth and the guardian to Obernewtyn. He is a friend of Rushton.
- Ariel: A nasty little Misfit with too much power. He is in league with Alexi and Madam Vega.
- Andra: The cook for whom Elspeth works for a short period of time. Wants to connect her daughter with Ariel.
- Domick: One of the misfits at Obernewtyn, friend of Ruston.
- Marisa: The former wife of the Master of Obernewtyn.
- Roland: Misfit at Obernewytn
- Lud: God of the people according to the Herder Fraction
- Herder: Person belonging to the Herder Fraction. Rulers of the society
- Willie: Add a description of this character.
- Shama
- Harald
- Obemewtyn: Town/Place that is isolated from the rest of the world.
- Michael Seraphim: A previous owner of Obernewtyn.
- Henry Druid: Former Herder that is believe to be either dead or out in the bad lands
- Sharna
- Louis Larkin: Know as Larkin, works with the cows at Obernewtn.
- Stephen Seraphim: A previous owner of Obernewtyn.
- Selman
- Guanette: A town/village, but also the name of a mysterious bird
Setting & Locations edit
- Obernewtyn: The institution set up to put Misfits to work, although everyone suspects they experiment on them with their "treatments".
- Great White: The name for what happened to bring out the apocalyptic conditions.
- Kinraide: A town on the inland eastern side of the Lowlands. Where we first meet Elspeth.
- Sutrium: The capital of the Land, located on the south eastern side
- Zebkrahn
- Blacklands: The name given to the tainted area in the Land
- Councilcourt
- Rangorn: Home of the Gordie and Llewellyn families. Situated in the upper lowlands.
Organizations edit
- The Council: The group of herders and other such officials who run the country.
First Sentence edit
Before first light we set out for the Silent Vale.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 8 in Obernewtyn Chronicles. (standard series)
Followed by The Farseekers.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Isobelle Carmody (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 9780140178548
Page Count: 245
Publisher: Penguin
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 9780140178548
Page Count: 245
Awards edit
- Children's Book of the Year (Finalist, 1988: Older Readers, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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