It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too. When her parents leave to seek a cure for Serik in a distant hospital, Aisulu finds herself living with her intimidating uncle and strange auntie - and secretly caring for an orphaned baby eagle. To save her brother and keep her family from having to leave their nomadic life behind forever, Aisulu must earn her eagle's trust and fight for her right to soar. Along the way, she discovers that family are people who choose each other, home is a place you build, and hope is a thing with feathers.

 

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company .

Erin Bow trained as a physicist, but she now spends her days writing poetry and fiction in a tiny (though heated) garden shed in Ontario, Canada. Her books-which include the fairy tale Plain Kate, the thoughtful horror Sorrow's Knot, and science fiction duology The Scorpion Rules and The Swan Riders - have won a fistful of awards. www. ErinBow. com. Twitter/Instagram: @erinbowbooks