The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater
Scholastic Press • 2011

It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.At age nineteen,... Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.
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  • Počet strán: 409 strán
  • ISBN13:9780545224901
  • Originálny názov: The Scorpio Races

Žáner: fantasyVydavateľstvo: Slovart Počet strán: 392Väzba: paperbackOriginálny názov: Scorpio RacesAnotácia:Napínavý, jesennou mágiou presiaknutý román od Maggie Stiefvater, ktorá si získala verných fanúšikov po celom svete vďaka sérii Havraní chlapci. Každý november sa pod útesmi Skarmouthu odohrávajú krvavé preteky, počas ktorých sa jazdci pokúšajú udržať na divokých vodných koňoch.[...]

It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.

At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.