Finnikin of the Rock [SEP] publisher
Press in trade paperback format. In February 2010 it was released by Candlewick Press in the United States in hardback format. "Finnikin of the Rock" won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and the 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards Older Readers award. It was also a short-list nominee for the 2009 award.
Plot.
Finnikin, Sir Topher and Evanjalin start travelling to Sorel, Finnikin reluctantly. Sir Topher tells Evanjalin the story of the Five Days of Unspeakable. Later, they travel to
Finnikin of the Rock
Finnikin of the Rock is a 2009 young adult fantasy novel by Melina Marchetta. It follows the story of Finnikin of the Rock and his guardian who have been away from home for ten years, since the royal family was killed. But when he is told that the heir to the throne is still alive they must follow a young woman, Evanjalin, in order to reach the prince.
Background.
"Finnikin of the Rock" was first published in Australia on 29 September 2008 by Viking