![]() ![]() ![]() Dickinson introduces us to Suth, Noli, Ko and Mana, all children of the Moonhawk Kin. The Kins are the first modern human beings and this epic tale starts with their forced exodus from their traditional homelands. Dickinson is a writer of great vision.'Ī.uk Review: In this ambitious quartet of novels for older children the award-winning author Peter Dickinson takes us back two hundred thousand years to witness the birth of the human race in Africa. Almost alone among children's writers he has an appetite for large ideas and the power and skill to bring them to life. The nature of love and war and our search for a god. The beginning of language, the development of skills, the passing-on of knowledge, the organisation of society. THE KIN includes within its scope many big ideas too. Suth, Noli, Ko and Mana face natural disasters and fierce enemies - volcanic eruption, earthquake, floods, huge crocodiles, man-eating lions, and murderous strangers. Peter Dickinson's brilliant novel, told in four parts, is the story of a group of children from the Moonhawk Kin. Now they must set out on a dangerous journey in search of new Good Places. ![]() ![]() They are the first modern human beings, brave and clever. The Kins have been driven from the lands where they have lived for many, many generations. ![]()
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