Take Back the Skies - Hardcover

Lucy Saxon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408847566 ISBN 13: 9781408847565

Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens, 2014

Synopsis

LIMITED HARDBACK FIRST EDITION Catherine Hunter is the daughter of a senior government official on the island of Anglya. She's one of the privileged - she has luxurious clothes, plenty to eat, and is protected from the Collections which have ravaged families throughout the land. But Catherine longs to escape the confines of her life, before her dad can marry her off to a government brat and trap her forever. So Catherine becomes Cat, pretends to be a kid escaping the Collections, and stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. As they leave Anglya behind and brave the storms that fill the skies around the islands of Tellus, Cat's world becomes more turbulent than she could ever have imagined, and dangerous secrets unravel her old life once and for all . . .

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About the Author

Lucy Saxon is 18 and lives in Hertfordshire with her parents and brother. She describes herself as a cosplayer, con-goer, book-lover and all-round nerdgirl. We describe her as a major new talent!

From School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up—Saxon's debut novel tells the story of Cat Hunter, a rich girl from the government nobility in the war ravaged country of Anglya. Though the commoners have lost most of their children to the government's war Collection, she is safe in her life of luxury. Yet all is not as happy as it seems for Cat; she lives a life controlled by her cruel father and is about to be betrothed to someone she despises. Cat plans her escape, and disguised as a boy, she manages to stow aboard an airship. Once in the air, she is discovered and quickly accepted by the crew of smugglers as one of their own. When she learns the truth about her world, that the war the government has been Collecting children to fight has been over for years, she convinces the crew to join her in taking them down. Readers will discover a fast-paced adventure, a little mystery, and a little romance. As the first in a planned six-part series, the book shows potential but leaves perhaps too many unanswered questions. Light character development and unrefined writing will lose more sophisticated readers. Fans of steampunk and "girl in disguise" genres may do better to try Scott Westerfeld's "Leviathan" trilogy (S. & S.) or L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack Adventure" series (Houghton Harcourt).—Genevieve Feldman, San Francisco Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1408847566
• ISBN 13: 9781408847565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377