Jo's Old Site

The author of this book is Isobelle Carmody and was published by the Penguin Group. And the ISBN number for this book is 978 0 14 017654 8. Elspeth Gordie is a orphan as her parents were accused of sedition and was put to death but she has a brother named Jes who has plans of his own. Elspeth also has a cat called Maruman who wanders freely, and they are able to talk to one another through their minds.

Then after coming back from a expedition to collect white stick they get a visit from Madam Vega who is searching for certain types of people. And as Elspeth had heard stories about the place in the mountains she becomes very nervous when Madam Vega was talking to her. Afterwards, it was thought that Elspeth got tainted by the water that she fell in when she was out collecting white stick, and finds herself being sent to the mountains where Madam Vega comes from.

And while she was there Elspeth makes friends with Dameon, and Matthew, and they notice the changes in a girl called Cameo who they befriended and they then start to talk about escaping the institution.

Elspeth also meets the doctor who she thought was defected, and she also must have realized that it wasn’t him that was running the place but Madam Vega and her cronies. Then while Elspeth is searching for a map so that she and her friends could get out she makes a discovery about the machines and she also finds out what Madam Vega is up to.