Blood red road series

If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Read the heartstopping blood red road, rebel heart and raging star now. The first book, blood red road, won the costa childrens book award. Jan 04, 2012 buy blood red road dustlands 1 by moira young isbn. Dec 14, 2011 blood red road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. With martin henderson, jason momoa, julianne nicholson, tamara tunie. Beginning november 11, veterans day, you can watch the awardwinning documentary blood road on red bull tv for free through the end of the year across all devices. Initially disarming, the stylized language quickly becomes exciting, fresh and, at times, lyrical. Saba uses a pair of binoculars and spots lugh, she knows that he is still alive now. Young adult books blood red road by moira young the new. The amplified language shapes the novels firstperson narrator, saba, as well as the distinctive setting.

Her father and a neighbor are both shot by the tontons. Instead, the title is an allusion to how much darn bloodshed our heroes encounter over the course of their travels, with a total body count reaching grand theft autolevels by the end yeah, its bloody to say the l. Revolves around a local cop struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities. Megs to me, blood red road alone is an actionadventure story, though the other two books are indeed dystopias. It was youngs first book and it inaugurated a trilogy under the series title dust lands. After a terrible tragedy and coverup occurs involving the cops wife, an. Welcome to the official page of moira youngs dustlands series.

Moira young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction. Moira young is the author of the dust lands series. Blood road follows the journey of ultraendurance mountain bike athlete rebecca rusch and her vietnamese riding partner, huyen nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous ho chi minh. Amid a postapocalyptic world, a girl sets out to rescue her twin brother after he is snatched by mysterious blackrobed riders who ride in.

Saba is drawn to jack from the moment they lock eyesseriously, she risks her life to save him after two. Youngs vernacular transcends the invention of a fictional vocabulary 1. Blood red road is the first book in the dust lands trilogy by moira young. Blood red road is an eerie and adventurous dystopian fantasy on par with suzanne collins the hunger games and paolo bacigalupis ship breaker. The red road was canceled after its second season, as confirmed by jason momoa, who played phillip kopus in the series. Saba is living a life of isolation with her father, her twin brother lugh and her sister emmi. The book that will blow you away has a dazzling new look in paperback. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher page. A killer dystopian romance by anne rouyer, supervising librarian, mulberry street library october 20, 2011 when the hunger games came out a few years ago, author suzanne collins had no idea she was popularizing a whole subgenre of. There are books, and there are epics, dustlands is an epic. Jan, 2012 moira youngs blood red road is more hunger games than oryx and crake. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.

The first book, blood red road, won the costa childrens book award, was a cybils award winner for fantasy and science fiction, and was a best fiction for young adults selection. Blood red road dystopian worlds writing contest winners. C21 fx blood red roses lyrics epic orchestral vocal duration. The wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the red road, the new sixpart series from sundance tv.

Epics and classic adventure movies also inspired the dustlands books. Amidst the wreckage of a ruined civilization, saba must fight to save herself, her family, and maybe her whole world. The novel revolves around sabas quest to find and rescue her brother, with. She never once questions what is outside the boundaries of her home until one day, a group of strange men come and, for reasons unknown, take away her fathers life and kidnap lugh. Hollywood crush, blood red road is poised to be the next big thing in teen fiction, and with good reason. In a lawless land, where life is cheap and survival is hard, saba has been brought up in. Hes got that classic han solo charm mixed with that classic luke skywalker earnestness, which is the perfect recipe for tons of nerd love. Faith ringgold american, born new york, 1930 publisher. If the red road had stronger writing, then the series would have been significantly more compelling. See all 12 questions about blood red road lists with this book. Warrior girl stars in actionpacked debut for mature teens. In a distant future, eighteenyearold lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister saba and nineyearold emmi are trailing him across bleak sandsea they are captured, too, and taken to brutal hopetown, where saba is forced to be a cage fighter until new friends help plan an escape.

The red road is an american drama television series that aired on sundancetv from february 27, 2014 to may 7, 2015. The british profanity bloody is also spoken the world in which saba lives is a harsh one. You can read more about the books and actually see the book video for blood red road, as well as an excerpt from rebel heart, on moira youngs official publishers page. See more ideas about blood red road, blood and little miss books. It is followed by rebel heart and finishes with raging star. They can see in the palace but they are quiet so that they dont get caught. Blood red road is a dystopian novel by moira young, published in june 2011 by marion lloyd books in the uk and margaret k. Thats a big deal, because their dad is obsessed with the stars. Saba is a strong fighter, passionate, and considerably kind.

Young adult books blood red road by moira young the. And just as an added note, theyre making blood red road into a movie. As news broke that blood red road had won the costa book award for childrens book of the year, i met bbc tvs nick higham in the champagne bar at waterstones piccadilly to. Oct 20, 2015 the first book, blood red road, won the costa childrens book award, was a cybils award winner for fantasy and science fiction, and was a best fiction for young adults selection. Moira youngs blood red road is more hunger games than oryx and crake. Blood red road is the first book in the dust lands trilogy. A native canadian, moira lives with her husband in. Blood red road is the opening installment in a planned trilogy by the firsttime novelist moira young, and it sets the stage for a classic heros journey. The winners were all chosen based on the quality of their entries. The shows plot is based on the plight of the ramapough mountain. Jun 05, 2011 blood red road is the opening installment in a planned trilogy by the firsttime novelist moira young, and it sets the stage for a classic heros journey. The prose is written in sabas dialect, so she uses gawd instead of god. Lets see what are pluses and minuses of dust lands trilogy.

Blood red road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Everything you need to know about blood red road movie. Buy a cheap copy of blood red road book by moira young. B lood red road is a fascinating and powerful novel set in a postapocalyptic period. Oh, yeahand did we mention that they live in a postapocalyptic wasteland. Half a year after saba and lugh turned eighteen, four cloaked horsemen show up, kill the father, and kidnap lugh. Now she strives to save lughs life, even if it means risking her own. We dont know exactly what went down to create this wasteland, but it sure seems nasty. Blood red road, rebel heart, raging star saba is a main character and the narrator in the dust lands series by moira young. Brodsky center for innovative editions new brunswick, new jersey printer. I adored some parts of this trilogy and hated the others. Miz pinch beats emmi in order to keep saba in line. The red road official trailer 2014 jason mamoa tv series duration.

Jul 31, 2011 for our blood red road writing contest, we asked you to write a 250500 word short story describing a futuristicdystopian world. Blood red road book by moira young official publisher. Adventure, postapocalyptic, speculative fiction, young adult publisher. Jack in blood red road jack hes got that classic han solo charm mixed with that classic luke skywalker earnestness, which is the perfect recipe for tons of nerd love. Blood red road is raw, arid, grit in your eyes compelling and it drags you into a world of hopeless, praying the main characters will be left with their bodies complete and a shadow of soul left to nurture.

The first book, blood red road, won the costa childrens book award, was a cybils award winner for. Ive loved westerns since my childhood, they form the foundation of the dustlands. Blood red road by moira young overdrive rakuten overdrive. She uses gawd as an exclamation alone and with forsaken, omi and dn. Blood red road by moira young the book that will blow you away has a dazzling new look in paperback. It is the debut novel of moira young and it has won a costa book award. Resolution saba, some of the free hawks, emmi, jack, ike, and tommo get things ready to invade freedom fields.

For our blood red road writing contest, we asked you to write a 250500 word short story describing a futuristicdystopian world. Oddly enough, theres no highway called blood red road in blood red road, though it would fit well enough with such locales as the black mountains and darktrees. Faith ringgold coming to jones road under a blood red. Dust lands series 3 primary works 5 total works amidst the wreckage of a ruined civilization, saba must fight to save herself, her family, and maybe her whole world. Aug 06, 2014 there are books, and there are epics, dustlands is an epic. This was sundancetvs second fully owned scripted original series.

The final story in the blood red road series finds saba, lugh, ellie and the remaining free hawks and eager to cause demalo and the ton ton some trouble after the epic battle at resurrection. Saba has spent her whole life in silverlake, a driedup wasteland ravaged by constant. Like collinss novel, it comes with a blockbusting movie deal, but also with a to me rather baffling costa book award. The wizard of oz, lawrence of arabia, raiders of the lost ark, gladiator, star wars, mad max, last of the mohicans and captain blood. The story, the writing, the characters and the narrative voice are stunning and completely original, setting this book apart from the crowd of dystopian novels. Like collinss novel, it comes with a blockbusting movie deal, but also with a. Mar 30, 20 you can read more about the books and actually see the book video for blood red road, as well as an excerpt from rebel heart, on moira youngs official publishers page. Blood red road has a searing pace, a poetic writing style, and an epic love story making moira young is one of the most exciting new voices in teen fiction.