Sky chasers

In 1783 France, Magpie, a thief, is caught up in a world of science, spies, and unruly animals while trying to be the first passenger in the Montgolfier's hot air balloon.

Main Author: Carroll, Emma, 1970- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Chicken House / Scholastic, Inc., 2019.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: In 1783 France, Magpie, a thief, is caught up in a world of science, spies, and unruly animals while trying to be the first passenger in the Montgolfier's hot air balloon.
Item Description: "First published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Chicken House, Frome, Somerset."--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Age 9-11.
Grade 4-6.
ISBN: 9781338285277
1338285270
Author Notes: Emma Carroll is the acclaimed UK author of Frost Hollow Hall , The Girl Who Walked On Air , and In Darkling Wood . Sky Chasers is her first novel for Chicken House. Her second novel, The Girl Who Walked On Air , is set in a Victorian circus and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2015. Letters From The Lighthouse , chosen as Waterstones Book of the Month for May 2017, is Emma's sixth novel. She lives in the Somerset hills with
her husband and two terriers.