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Halo by Zizou Corder

 

Not to be confused with a certain popular x-box game, this novel is not set on a futuristic planet but in ancient Greece, where Halo was washed ashore as a baby and discovered by a family of centaurs. Although her true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own. But when she is dragged away by some fishermen, her wild adventure begins.

Halo soon realises that if she is to survive then she must live disguised as a boy. With a violent war threatening to erupt, Halo is at the mercy of the mighty Spartan warriors, but as she battles to hide her secret, she never forgets her quest to find out who she is and where she really came from.

One thing I noticed about this book is how the plot of a body being washed ashore on a beach and a main female character disguising herself as a man in order to survive, while trying to find her real identity reminds me of a plot for a Shakespeare play. Like Shakespeare’s work, there is also humour in the story, but the setting is different and that makes a different plot by giving the characters different challenges.

RRP $25.00
Published and distributed by Penguin Group under the Puffin title

 

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