Driver's prose takes flight in Huntress: Sky. Exhilarating, gripping and full of heart'Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars. The second book in a stunning new fantasy adventure trilogy, perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Philip Pullman, Piers Torday, Abi Elphinstone, Katherine Rundell and Frances Hardinge. Seek the scattered Storm-Opals of Sea, Sky and Land, before an enemy finds them and uses them to wield dark power The trail of the Storm-Opals takes Mouse further than she has ever been before. With her little brother Sparrow and friend Crow alongside her, shestumblesinto the world of Sky,where fortresses are hidden amongst the clouds, secret libraries (skybraries) nestle atop gigantic icebergs and the sky swirls with warring tribes and their ferocious flying beasts.Can they solve Da's message before it's too late for their ship, their tribe and the whole of Trianukka? Sky-soaring, beast-chattering, dream-dancing,draggle-riding,terrodyl-flying,world-saving adventure. Praise forSea, the first book inThe Huntress Trilogy: 'Moonsprites. Terrodyls. Beastchatter. The Huntress: Seais a heart-thumpingly brilliant adventure. Paver meets Pullman. A real gem' Abi Elphinstone, author ofThe DreamsnatcherandThe Shadow Keeper 'A glorious world, a wild adventure and a fierce heroine. I can't stop thinking about this book!' Robin Stevens, author ofMurder Most Unladylike If you likeNorthern Lights,The Lie Tree, The Girl of Ink and StarsandRooftoppers, you'll loveThe Huntress Trilogy. Sarah Driver is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People, during which she won the United Agents Most Promising Writer prize in 2014. She is also a qualified nurse and midwife. Sarah started writing stories as a small child and lists her influences as Spellhorn by Berlie Doherty, A Necklace Of Raindrops by Joan Aiken and the Carbonel books by Barbara Sleigh those gorgeous, magical stories that create and nurture readers. When shes not writing, she can be found walking by the sea, visiting exhibitions, reading or travelling, often in the name of research. She has seen humpback whales from an oak boat in the northern seas of Iceland, eaten cubes of six-month fermented Greenland shark, and journeyed by train beyond the arctic circle to the far north of Swedish Lapland, where she rode a slightly obstinate horse through a forest, under the northern lights, in temperatures of -32 degrees. She has learned that even horrifying bouts of sea-sickness make excellent research material. Skyis the second book in Sarah's debut series,The Huntress trilogy. Sarah lives in Sussex, close to the sea, with Lily, a street-wise ginger cat and an excitable mini-lop bunny named Peter.
This book is part of a book series called The Huntress Trilogy .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-13 years.
There are 384 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Sarah Driver is a nurse and midwife, and a graduate of the Bath Spa Writing for Young People MA, during which she won the Most Promising Writer prize in 2014. Sarah was born in West Sussex, where she still lives close to the sea with her street-wise ginger cat and her miniature lop-eared bunny.
