Sterkarm Handshake
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The treacherous border lands between England and Scotland have always been dangerous. The border men live by farming, theft and murder, the families woven together in a complex web of loyalties and blood. Now a 21st-century company has developed a Time Tube, which can take them back to this unpolluted, resource-rich 16th century, a new world ripe for plunder. FUP staff regard the natives as amusing savages, to be bought off with aspirins and trinkets, but the Sterkarms' fearsome reputation has not been lightly won. They'll gladly take the toys the Elves give them, but they'll have their own allegiances - and a handshake offered to a stranger means nothing.
Author: Susan Price
Format: Paperback, 455 pages
Published: 2003, Scholastic US, United States
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Description
The treacherous border lands between England and Scotland have always been dangerous. The border men live by farming, theft and murder, the families woven together in a complex web of loyalties and blood. Now a 21st-century company has developed a Time Tube, which can take them back to this unpolluted, resource-rich 16th century, a new world ripe for plunder. FUP staff regard the natives as amusing savages, to be bought off with aspirins and trinkets, but the Sterkarms' fearsome reputation has not been lightly won. They'll gladly take the toys the Elves give them, but they'll have their own allegiances - and a handshake offered to a stranger means nothing.
Sterkarm Handshake