Description
Prepare to be swept up, up and away on this high-flying adventure
from the queen of historical fiction, Emma Carroll!
Winner
of the Teach Primary Book Award 2018
Shortlisted
for the Young Quills Award 2019
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie
Award 2019
‘Carroll, an unstoppable, natural
storyteller, lets her imagination take off.’ THE TIMES
‘Soaring
flight and the power of friendship are to the fore
in this gripping historical adventure.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘Sky
Chasers is a real joy: funny, energetic and, as ever,
brilliantly told.’ ABI ELPHINSTONE
Orphan Magpie can’t believe her eyes when she sees a boy
swept off his feet by a kite … or something that twists
and dances in the wind. She goes to his rescue only to find herself
dangling in the sky. The world looks so different from on high
and suddenly Magpie knows what she wants – to be the first to fly
in a balloon above the King and Queen of France …