![]() ![]() Jobin says the idea for the tale came to him as a young boy exploring the forest surrounding his home in Toronto. Following the disappearances of other children from the village, they go on a mission to find them and instead uncover what history has distorted. The story’s heroes are three children seen as misfits by their village: a girl too tall and tomboyish a boy too short and scholarly for a village that doesn’t value literacy and a mistreated slave boy. This fantasy tale for young readers, by SCU anthropology lecturer Matthew Jobin, pivots on harrowing decisions that have both short-term impact and long-term consequences. They pause only in the presence of greater evil. Hunger-ceaselessly gnawing in their bellies-drives them to ravage the land. When attacked, they ooze thick blue-black liquid. ![]() The world of The Nethergrim (Puffin Books) teems with vicious, bloodthirsty, otherworldly creatures. Anthropology lecturer Matthew Jobin’s The Nethergrim delivers young readers into a creepy but plausible world. Evil, bloodthirsty creatures and three misfit children on a quest. ![]()
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