The Girl of Ink and Stars

How fascinating are old maps? The smell and crinkle of dry parchment. The faded colours. The inky rivers leading to the unknown. Isabella lives and dreams them. Her father was a mapmaker. She longs for the faraway lands he drew. So when her friend disappears, she steps up to guide the search. What lies beyond the closed walls of the island world she knows? Monsters and demons. Dry rivers and parched wastelands. Smoking volcanoes. Fire demons. A myth come to life…

  • The sensational debut novel from a prize-winning poet
  • A must for fans of Philip Pullman and Francis Hardinge
  • A gripping story of courage, loyalty and imagination
  • “Full of adventure and wonder” – The Bookbag

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    This book is really not for me, is depressing in parts and is just hard going and the ending is not great, would not recommend.

    16 June 2022

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    Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Nibbies Children’s Book of the Year for The Girl of Ink and Stars.

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