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Audiobook7 hours
The Boy With One Name
Written by J.R. Wallis
Narrated by Thomas Judd
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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'Delightfully magical and brilliantly told' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song
Twelve-year-old Jones is an orphan, training as an apprentice hunter alongside his mentor, Maitland, tackling ogres, trolls and all manner of creatures that live in the Badlands – a hidden part of our own world, and which most people think exist only in fairytales and nightmares. But all Jones secretly wants to be is an ordinary boy and to leave the magical world forever...
When an ogre hunt goes wrong and Maitland is killed, Jones finally has a chance to find out where he came from. But the truth he uncovers isn’t what he’s expecting and it seems that if Jones is going to make his dream come true he’ll have to defeat a creature not even Maitland had dared take on and he won’t be able to do it alone…
He’s going to need help from Ruby, the first girl he’s ever met. She’s outspoken, fearless and determined to prove she’s as good as any boy, and unlike Jones, being ordinary is the last thing on her mind. Ruby’s desperate to find her place in the world and thinks the Badlands could be it. So, working together isn’t going to be straightforward. In fact, it could be downright dangerous.
But who said getting what you want is supposed to easy, even if it is just wanting to be ordinary?
Twelve-year-old Jones is an orphan, training as an apprentice hunter alongside his mentor, Maitland, tackling ogres, trolls and all manner of creatures that live in the Badlands – a hidden part of our own world, and which most people think exist only in fairytales and nightmares. But all Jones secretly wants to be is an ordinary boy and to leave the magical world forever...
When an ogre hunt goes wrong and Maitland is killed, Jones finally has a chance to find out where he came from. But the truth he uncovers isn’t what he’s expecting and it seems that if Jones is going to make his dream come true he’ll have to defeat a creature not even Maitland had dared take on and he won’t be able to do it alone…
He’s going to need help from Ruby, the first girl he’s ever met. She’s outspoken, fearless and determined to prove she’s as good as any boy, and unlike Jones, being ordinary is the last thing on her mind. Ruby’s desperate to find her place in the world and thinks the Badlands could be it. So, working together isn’t going to be straightforward. In fact, it could be downright dangerous.
But who said getting what you want is supposed to easy, even if it is just wanting to be ordinary?
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J.R. Wallis
J.R. Wallis read Theology at Cambridge University and holds an MFA in Screenwriting and Writing for Television from the University of Southern California. He now lives in Norfolk.
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Reviews for The Boy With One Name
Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
6 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love love loved it it's just such a great book
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good book. The audio was missing in some sections though.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting but it has some issues.Jones is a monster hunter in-training to Maitland and what he really wants is to be an ordinary boy, not a hunter.Ruby is a runaway from a foster home that is all bad, yearning for a life that's different.When the two meet things go in interesting paths and they have to rely on each other to save the day.And most of it is excellent, and Ruby does insist that sexist assumptions about her are sexist and stupid, there's also an assumption about witches being all female and all evil that rubbed me up the wrong way, It would have been interesting to see a group of women who take a different turn to the hunting Still I'm curious enough to want to read more in this series.