Book Title: Sky Chasers
ISBN: 9781910655535
By Author(s):CARROLL EMMA
By Publisher:SCHOLASTIC UK
Format:PB
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
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.
Like her, the boy - Pierre - dreams of flying over
the rooftops of Paris. His family, the Montgolfiers, are desperate
to be first to discover the secret of flight.
The world looks so different up high and suddenly Magpie knows
what she wants - to be the first to fly in a balloon above
the King and Queen of France ...