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Set in a much-diminished America called the Christian Protectorates, a poor country ravaged by coastal flooding, drought, and catastrophic social upheaval, the novel features 15-year-old Polly Lightfoot, a maiden witch of deep heritage and tender ability in the craft. When her identity is exposed, Polly is forced to flee New Florida, where she has taken refuge from a military purge of the countrys infidels, pagans, and followers of false creeds. With the help of her steadfast familiar, a raven named Balthazar, and her brave teenage companion, Leon, Polly undertakes a harrowing journey from the troubled south to the wild north to rejoin her people in Vermont and save her ancient craft from obliteration. Polly and the One and Only World presents a frighteningly vivid depiction of our stricken land in the stifling grip of fundamentalists and suffering the grim consequences of climate calamity.



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Don Bredes

DON BREDES lives high in the hills of northern Vermont. He is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and teacher.

He was born in New York City and educated at Syracuse University, the University of California, Irvine, where he was awarded an MFA in Fiction, and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow.

His latest novel, POLLY AND THE ONE AND ONLY WORLD (Green Writers Press) , an edgy YA fantasy, is available wherever books are sold.

He has published five other novels, HARD FEELINGS (Atheneum, 1977) , MULDOON (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982) , and his Hector Bellevance literary suspense trilogy, COLD COMFORT (Harmony Books, 2001) , THE FIFTH SEASON (Three Rivers Press, 2005) , and THE ERRAND BOY (Three Rivers Press, 2009) . He has also published numerous short stories and essays.

Don Bredes's HARD FEELINGS was a 20th Century-Fox film release in 1982. The American Library Association selected HARD FEELINGS as one of the Ten Best Books of the Year for Young Adults in 1977. HARD FEELINGS was also included in the New York Times list of notable books.

His feature film adaptation of Howard Frank Mosher's novella, WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH, starring Rip Torn and Michael J. Fox, received an National Endowment of the Arts grant in 1991 and has appeared on screens in theaters across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Please visit Don's website for additional information about Don, book reviews, photos, and more.

www.donbredes.com



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