The Guardian of Isis is a young adult novel by Monica Hughes, and is the sequel to The Keeper of the Isis Light. The story takes place on the fictional world of Isis. It is set 55 years after the first book, and now two more generations have been born.

The Guardian of Isis
First edition
AuthorMonica Hughes
Cover artistJohn Gosler[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesIsis trilogy
GenreYoung-adult science fiction
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
1981
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages140
ISBN0-241-10597-8
OCLC15905244
LC Class"in process" (first ed., LCCN 82-116637); PZ7.H87364 Gu 1982 (first U.S. ed., 81-10837)
Preceded byThe Keeper of the Isis Light 
Followed byThe Isis Pedlar 

Plot summary

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Mark London is now president of the settlement. He has forced the people to abandon all technology and become a simple, agricultural community full of taboos. Upper Isis is now a forbidden zone, because, so they believe, the Guardian put a curse on the mountains, imprisoning the people in their own valley. One boy, Jody N'Kumo, grandson of one of the original settlers, breaks one of the most sacred taboos, and is banished to the land of Guardian, although everyone knows he is simply being sent to his death. However, Jody does not die, and discovers a place called Bamboo Valley. There he meets the Lady Olwen, who was the Keeper of the Isis Light in the times before the colony, and learns the truth about the history of Isis.

References

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  1. ^ The Guardian of Isis title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
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