Rebel Skies

Rebel Skies
Ann Sei Lin
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
5 May 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781406399592
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"Featuring a vivid mythology, spectacular battles, and an endlessly surprising heroine, Rebel Skies is as intricate, beautiful and startling as one of the paper spirits Kurara brings to life. " Jonathan Stroud "A magical debut that reads like a Ghibli film, brimming with imagination, action and heart. " Natasha Ngan "An intricately constructed ode to papercraft and Japanese culture. I fell in love with this world of airships, cumulous whales and floating cities. Pure magic. " Lauren James A beautifully written and pacy teen fantasy adventure, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and powerful paper spirits. Inspired by Asian cultures and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom. Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant on board the Midori, but when her party trick of making paper come to life turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, she joins a skyship and its motley crew to become a Crafter. Taught by the gruff but wise Himura, Kurara learns to hunt shikigami - wild paper spirits who are sought after by the Princess. But are these creatures just powerful slaves, or are they beings with their own souls? And can a teenage girl be the one to help them find their voice - and change the course of an empire?
In elegant, graceful prose, Ann Sei Lin whisks us off on a tale of eerie magic and high adventure, in which friendships are undying and nothing is as it seems. Featuring a vivid mythology, spectacular battles, and an endlessly surprising heroine, Rebel Skies is as intricate, beautiful and startling as one of the paper spirits Kurara brings to life. * Jonathan Stroud * A magical debut that reads like a Ghibli film, brimming with imagination, action and heart. It' s been a long time since I' ve been so immersed in a fantasy world. * Natasha Ngan * An intricately constructed ode to papercraft and Japanese culture. I fell in love with this world of airships, cumulous whales and floating cities. Pure magic. * Lauren James * An extraordinary world. . . The descriptions are vivid, the action scenes breath-taking, the twists perfectly executed, with a cast of characters I' d follow to any flying city! * Annabel Steadman * Already one of my favourite fantasy worlds of all time. * Morgan Owen, Author of The Girl with No Soul *
Ann Sei Lin is a writer, librarian, and book nerd with a love for all things fantasy. Though London is now her home, she spent several years in Chiba, Japan, living in a rickety apartment block next to a rail station where the rush of the midnight train would make the walls shake. When not writing, she is often studying, gaming, or trying to make that origami rabbit for the one hundredth time.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781406399592
Published: 5 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books
Publisher: Walker Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 352

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