Los del medio

Maggie tiene once años y vive en Fennis Wick encerrada y protegida del mundo exterior por una frontera tras la cual se libra la Guerra Silenciosa y vagan los mugrientos y malignos errantes. Su hermano Jed es uno de los mayores,venerado y especial. Un héroe. A su hermano pequeño, Trig, todo el mundo lo quiere. En cambio, Maggie es la del medio; la invisible y la relegada. Un caluroso día de septiembre conoce a Una, una errante hambrienta que ha salido en busca de ayuda, y todo parece mejorar.

Maggie is eleven years old and lives in Fennis Wick locked away and protected from the outside world by a frontier behind which the Silent War is fought and the filthy and evil wanderers roam. His brother Jed is one of the oldest, revered and special. A hero. His little brother Trig is loved by everyone. Instead, Maggie is the one in the middle; the invisible and the relegated. One hot day in September he meets Una, a hungry wanderer who has come out for help, and everything seems to be improving.

Kirsty Applebaum has had a wide variety of jobs including bookselling, railway re-signalling, picking stones off conveyor belts, putting lids on perfume bottles and teaching pilates. She now lives with her husband on top of a hill in Winchester.