When the two character’s meet, they don’t start off too well, but they both work together throughout the story to restore Mau’s lost home. Daphne is a girl from England that had her ship wrecked on Nation. Now he has to stand up and take responsibility for what is left of his home. He returned to find his entire village taken out by a tidal wave. He was returning back to Nation, the name of his village island, after taking his rite of passage to manhood. Mau now has to find a way to make things right again.ģ Protagonist Protagonist – Mau and Daphne Mau is a young boy of about 13 years old. People that were waiting along the shore to congratulate him, now lay dead half buried into the sand. But when Mau returned to his village on Nation, there wasn’t a village anymore. One day, a boy named Mau was taking his rite of passage to manhood on a separate island, which was required. Men and women live in villages, hunting and farming for their dinner, and praying to their creator god Imo. It is the largest and most populated island of the Society Islands. When a mile-high tidal wave crashes through the South Seas, 13-year year old native islander Mau and 13-year-old English castaway Daphne believe they are the sole survivors this cataclismic change has brought to their perspective worlds.1 Nation Author: Terry Pratchett Publisher: Harper CollinsĢ Introduction Nation centers around an island named “Nation”. Stepping away from his Discworld universe, Terry Pratchett has written a children's book that will appeal to both kids and adults. Performances at CONVergence in Minneapolis. Produces the Annual Mark Time Science Fiction Audio Awards Click on the MP3 icon to download the MP3 podcast file.Īudio writer/producer Brian Price works in many genres - humor, satire, science fiction and horror.
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