The List

The List

<p>"The fantasy book of the year."-Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of <em>Artemis Fowl</em></p><p><strong>A 2018 Notable Children's Books Selection!</strong></p><p><em>You are The Wordsmith now. Are you ready for the challenge?</em></p><p> The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth. To make sure humans are able to survive, everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words.</p><p> Everyone that is, except Letta. </p><p> As apprentice to the Wordsmith, Letta can read all the words that have ever existed. Forbidden words like freedom, music, and even pineapple tell her about a world she's never known. </p><p> One day her master disappears and the leaders of Ark tell Letta she is the new Wordsmith and must shorten List to fewer and fewer words. Then Letta meets a teenage boy who somehow knows all the words that have been banned. Letta's faced with a dangerous choice: sit idly by and watch language slowly slip away or follow a stranger on a path to freedom...or banishment.</p>