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Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasnt got much Her cruel uncle keeps her locked up in his mill and her only friend is her pet goose Saracen wholl bite anything that crosses his path But she does have one small rare thing the ability to read She doesnt know it yet but in a world where books are dangerous things this gift will change her life Enter Eponymous Clent a smooth-talking con man who seems to love words nearly as much as Mosca herself Soon Mosca and Clent are living a life of deceit and danger -- discovering secret societies following shady characters onto floating coffeehouses and entangling themselves with crazed dukes and double-crossing racketeers It would be exactly the kind of tale Mosca has always longed to take part in until she learns that her one true love -- words -- may be the death of her Fly by Night is astonishingly original a grand feat of the imagination from a masterful new storyteller.
About the Author
Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge, isolated old house in a small, strange village, and the two things inspired her to write strange, magical stories from an early age. She studied English at Oxford University and now lives in Oxford, England.
