The Girl of Ink & Stars-9781910002742

The Girl of Ink & Stars

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Author: Millwood-Hargrave, Kiran

Canary Islands

Published on 5 May 2016 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 240 pages
199 x 131 x 18 | 172g

 

The magical bestseller: a classic story to read again

and again.

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017

Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year

2017

Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award

Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize

 

Beautiful, thrilling and magical, Sunday Times bestselling-author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave's critically-acclaimed first

novel is a modern classic.

'Absolutely loved it from start to finish' TOM

FLETCHER

'I read it, I loved it' MALORIE BLACKMAN

'Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a spellbinding world of magic,

myth and adventure' EMMA CARROLL

Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway

lands her cartographer father once mapped.

When her friend disappears, she volunteers to guide the search.

The world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland –

and beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a fire demon

is stirring from its sleep.

Soon, following her map, her heart and an ancient myth, Isabella

discovers the true end of her journey: to save the island itself.

A beautifully written, multi award-winning story of friendship,

discovery, myths and magic for any age – perfect

for fans of Philip Pullman, Frances Hardinge or Katherine Rundell

From the author of Julia and the Shark and The

Mercies, chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club

Set in an extensive and stunningly-imagined parallel

world imbued with magical realism

A gorgeous gift with intricate star-chart illustrations

throughout - a present for young and old, which will stay with

you long after reading

 

'One of those timeless stories that feels like a real myth' SAMANTHA

SHANNON

'FANTASTIC!' CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER

'Absolutely stunning' CATHERINE DOYLE

'So beautiful and magical' PIERS TORDAY