Jewel and Thorn The Bodley Head Rooted as it is in

Rooted as it is in the authors own disturbing experience of war in our time

together with five accomplices and a bomb

poetry and watercolour sketches which was one of Hesse's favourite books

As unprepared for the nightmare that will greet her

each graced with a unique magical ability known as a Blessing

Jewel and Thorn The Bodley Head Rooted as it is inOn his sixteenth birthday, Thorn Jack steals a curious crystal from the Treasury of a neighbouring settlement in his coming of age rite of passage. Returning home, he finds that his younger sister has been kidnapped. He sets out to find her with Racky Jagger, an enigmatic but wordly wise individual. Their way leads through Judy Wood, a place of mystery and ill repute. When fifteen years old Jewel Ranson's father, a travelling draper, is murdered at a