Ice Feathers

Kura's thirteen, and her aunt wants to marry her off to get rid of her. This is Antarctica, ten thousand years ago, when for a short time just the coastal strip is ice-free. All the evolutionary niches have been filled by birds; the main predator is a giant eagle and copper-feathered parrots are just as intelligent as man. Kura's no coward, so she steals her uncle's flightless riding-bird, the vicious and unpredictable Plume, and sets off to find her real parents. Her search becomes entangled with an attempt to thwart the plans of a tyrannical and unprincipled chieftain, The Varka, and puts both her and her friends in grave danger. Can they outwit The Varka, and save the copper-feathers from extinction? And who really is Kura's father?

If you liked THE DIVIDE, you should try this.


Genre: Children's Fiction