Fly by Night (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419724855)

Discover a world where words have untold power in this thrilling fantasy adventure from award-winning author Frances Hardinge

Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad.

Mosca Mye's father insisted on teaching her to read--even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel Uncle Westerly and Aunt Briony, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Saracen, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the power of words.

Author: Frances Hardinge
ISBN-10: 1419724851
ISBN-13: 9781419724855
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2017
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.1
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 105950 / Fly by Night

About the Author
Frances Hardinge is the winner of the 2015 Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree, one of just two young adult novels to win this major UK literary prize. She is the author of many books for children, which Amulet is re-releasing. She lives in England. www.franceshardinge.com.