#DUSTBORN ERIN BOWMAN SKIN#

A web designer turned author, Erin has always been invested in telling stories. Dustborn follows Delta of Dead River, a seventeen-year-old who has a map to a green paradise called the Verdant branded on her back. Arrives by Thu, Sep 15 Buy Dustborn (Hardcover) at. What Delta doesn't count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world. Erin Bowman is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books for children and teens, including the Taken Trilogy, Vengeance Road, Retribution Rails, the Edgar Award-nominated Contagion duology, The Girl and the Witch’s Garden, and the forthcoming Dustborn. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. A western with a post apocalyptic feel to it, this young adult novel is an amazing novel with the notion of understanding and accepting the truth at its core. All her life, Delta of Dead River has been told to keep her back hidden. Delta is the kind of practical, world-hardened character that one becomes when your only mode is survive until tomorrow, then survive some more. So when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her.ĭelta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted?perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. Dustborn by Erin Bowman is just one high octane plot reveal after another. Dustborn - Erin Bowman Summary: In the wastes, everything has value. With her home in ashes and a useless baby in tow (so NOT what you need in a post-apocalyptic wasteland), Delta sets her sights on saving her family, no matter the cost. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it?even if no one can read it. Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin.

#DUSTBORN ERIN BOWMAN SKIN#

Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and Gunslinger Girl.ĭelta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant.

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