Mosca Mye grows up far from anywhere with her father, a bookish but emotionally somewhat remote man. “Incredibly well written.” ? The Seattle Times Read more “Mosca’s ferocity and authentic inner turmoil both reminiscent of Philip Pullman’s Lyra Belacqua.” ? Booklist “Hardinge’s stylish way with prose gives her sprawling debut fantasy a literate yet often silly tone that calls to mind Monty Python.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Intricate plotting, well-developed and fascinating characters, delicious humor, and exquisite wordcraft envelop readers fully into this richly imagined world.” ? The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the power of words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel uncle and aunt, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Mosca Mye’s father insisted on teaching her to read-even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad. The award-winning author of The Lie Tree “has created a distinctly imaginative world full of engaging characters, robust humor, and true suspense” ( School Library Journal, starred review).Įverybody knew that books were dangerous.

Fly by night by frances hardinge