Beschreibung:
Jason Sheehan is an award-winning freelance journalist and author. In addition to being a book and video game critic for NPR, he has published three books for adults. This is his first book for young readers.
Richly imagined and emotionally resonant, Children of the Flying City is a fantasy for young and old alike. This book gave my heart wings.
Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising
Children of the Flying City feels, at once, timeless and wondrously, gloriously new.
Katie Williams, author of Tell the Machine Goodnight
Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home. Now almost thirteen, Milo survives one daredevil grift at a time, relying only on his wit, speed, and best friends Jules and Dagda.
A massive armada has surrounded Highgate s crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors in opulent parlors and pneumatic forests and a master toymaker s workshop the once-great flying city protects a powerful secret, hidden away for centuries. A secret that s about to ignite a war. One small airship, the Halcyon, has slipped through the ominous blockade on a mission to collect Milo and the rich bounty on his head before the fighting begins. But the members of the Halcyon s misfit crew aren t the only ones chasing Milo Quick.
True friendship is worth any risk in this clever, heart-racing adventure from award-winning author and journalist Jason Sheehan. Sheehan weaves together wry narration and multiple points of view to craft a richly imagined tale that is dangerous and surprising, wondrous and joyful.
COMPELLING NEW VOICE: Told from multiple points of view and filtered through the wry and insightful voice of an all-seeing narrator, Jason Sheehan's endlessly clever debut for young readers crackles with an addictive energy.FRESH AND CLASSIC: The first in a new series, Sheehan's storytelling feels, at turns, both familiar and surprising in the best ways, pulling readers in from the first page and catapulting them on an epic adventure reminiscent of beloved classics like The Golden Compass and the Mortal Engines series. Beautifully crafted and guided by a standout voice, the story also has the tight, fast pacing of a commercial hit.CHARACTER-CENTERED, ACTION-DRIVEN: Voice and character are heart and soul of Children of the Flying City. The pages are filled with irresistibly detailed characters, big and small. It's impossible not to fall in love with Milo, Dagda, and Jules. And equally impossible not to turn the pages with excitement and dread as intense, escalating action drives the story forward and puts beloved characters in harm's way.SURPRISES AWAIT: Not everything is as it seems. Wondrous surprises await Milo, and the reader, tucked behind the closed doors of the flying city.JUST THE BEGINNING: From the first pages, readers will sense that there's much more to Milo's story than meets the eye. And the dramatic, final cliffhanger makes it clear that the next book(s) in the series will take them far beyond the streets and city wall of Highgate, with many more secrets left to discover.DYNAMIC AUTHOR: Jason Sheehan brings his journalist's eye and his longtime love of science fiction to the instantly enveloping world of Milo Quick. A former chef, Jason is now the restaurant critic for Philadelphia Magazine as well as a book and video game critic for NPR.
