‘The fantasy book of the year’ — Eoin Colfer

10th anniversary edition of the Laureate na nÓg Ireland's Childrens' Literature Laureate's beloved work of speculative fiction The Wordsmith>/i>

How many words do you need to survive? “Love”, “hope”, “freedom” – in the dystopian future of Ark, after climate change disaster, these words are being banned. One girl takes stand against this loss of language – she is the Wordsmith.

Winner of a White Raven Award from the International Youth Library and shortlisted for the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year, The Wordsmith is a beautiful and gripping dystopian story of how words make us who we are.