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The last word / Patricia Forde.

The last word / Patricia Forde.
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Originally published in Ireland under the title Mother Tongue. A world devastated by climate change. A society ruled by fear. And a girl brave enough to take a stand. Now an outlaw, Letta's world is more dangerous than ever. The new ruler of Ark has limited language to under five hundred words and there are terrible whispers of babies disappearing in the night. Letta devotes herself to keeping language alive, teaching in secret illegal schools, but at great risk. And when disaster strikes, she takes the blame. Haunted by grief and hunted by gavvers, she and Marlo are forced to flee, in the process discovering the terrible plan to wipe out language for good. 13+ years.

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ISBN 9781925870664
1925870669
Name Forde, Patricia author.
Title The last word / Patricia Forde.
Published South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press Kids, 2019.
South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press Kids, 2019.
©2019.
Description 325 pages ; 20 cm.
Series The list 2
Notes Originally published in Ireland under the title Mother Tongue.
Summary A world devastated by climate change. A society ruled by fear. And a girl brave enough to take a stand. Now an outlaw, Letta's world is more dangerous than ever. The new ruler of Ark has limited language to under five hundred words and there are terrible whispers of babies disappearing in the night. Letta devotes herself to keeping language alive, teaching in secret illegal schools, but at great risk. And when disaster strikes, she takes the blame. Haunted by grief and hunted by gavvers, she and Marlo are forced to flee, in the process discovering the terrible plan to wipe out language for good.
Target audience note 13+ years.
Subjects Youth fiction
Children's stories
Censorship
Children's stories
Government, Resistance to
Teachers
Vocabulary
Young adult fiction
Vocabulary -- Juvenile fiction
Teachers -- Juvenile fiction
Censorship -- Juvenile fiction
Government, Resistance to -- Juvenile fiction
Genre Dystopian fiction
Children's stories
Dystopian fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Science fiction.
Science fiction.
Young adult fiction
Dystopian fiction.
Added Names author. Forde, Patricia, Mother Tongue.
Added titles Mother Tongue.
Series Forde, Patricia.
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