Torrie and the Firebird
A Torrie Quest by K.V. Johansen
Illustrated by Christine Delezenne
ISBN: 1550379615 (HC)
ISBN: 1550379607 (pbk.)
Published by Annick Press

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    "But as for what happened on the Great Southern Continent while I was hunting for exotic trees for Frederik ... well, it was an adventure, just as I thought. But that's another story."
    Just what does happen in the months that pass between pages 155 and 156 of Torrie and the Pirate-Queen? Want to find out?

Torrie and the Firebird

    After a long voyage, the former pirate ship Shrike sails into port at Keastipol, greatest of the city-states on the Great Southern Continent. The young captain, Anna, and her friend Torrie, oldest of the Old Things of the Wild Forest, have hardly set foot on shore before they encounter a boy fleeing an angry mob. He is Kokako, accused of a terrible crime. Anna and Torrie aren't the sort to stand by when the odds are so unfair. They rescue Kokako and set out on a dangerous journey to help him clear his name by finding the true destroyer of the continent's most revered icon of peace, the Oyon-Opallion. An encounter with an old sort-of-friend leads Torrie to suspect there's more to both the Oyon-Opallion and their unknown enemy than Kokako realizes. It's a long and dangerous journey, with many strange encounters along the way: sand-goblins, sorcerers ... emus?!

~~ Reviews ~~

"Johansen enthrals readers and keeps them entranced as Kokako faces one obstacle after another.  The author takes readers on an exciting adventure filled with humour and unexpected turns of events that keep them entertained. This book is a must-read for all fantasy readers..." - Georgie Perigny, Canadian Review of Materials

"Quirky and original!"
-- O.R. Melling, author of The Chronicles of Faerie

Map of the Great
Southern Continent
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Other Torrie Quests
Torrie and the Dragonslayers
Torrie and the Pirate-Queen
Torrie and the Snake-Prince

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