A TOP 5 CHILDREN-S FICTION BESTSELLER-The perfect balance of high adventure, breathless action and eerie wonder- Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy-The best kind of children-s fantasy story: thrilling and imaginative while packing an emotional punch!- B. B. Alston, author of Amari and the Night BrothersSet in the snowy northern forests of a prehistoric world, Fireborn is the middle-grade debut of the decade. By turns exciting, funny and heart wrenchingly sad, it marks the introduction of an unstoppable new voice in children-s storytelling.A FIERCE HEROINE RISESTwelve has spoken the Pledge and now she is a Huntling. She has given up her name to train in the art of fighting monsters, and she won-t choose a new one until she has earned it. But when her friend is taken, Twelve sets off on a dangerous journey to rescue her. Teaming up with Dog, the stone Guardian of the Hunting Lodge, Twelve ends up on an epic adventure that will change her life, her name - and her entire wor