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""Hardinge strikes a well-crafted folkloric tone that has the subtle rhythm of formal storytelling and a smooth, engaging voice, inviting readers into a world that is, if not entirely defined, rife with adventure and lore.""-- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's evocative prose shares space with Gravett's detailed black-and-white drawings that are fittingly accented with green, and together they build a world that effortlessly takes root in the reader's imagination.""-- ""Booklist"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Lush, quixotic worldbuilding and elegant yet visceral prose immerses readers in this kindhearted tale, which champions compassion and eschews isolationism. Green and graphite pencil-and-watercolor art amplifies the story's shifting whimsical and unsettling tenor.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's lavishly imagined setting is wholly original. Gravett's ink drawings temper the horrors but none of the magic...Sumptuous worldbuilding and deft plotting make for a harrowing dystopian story that nevertheless thrums with hope.""-- ""Kirkus Review""

""Hardinge strikes a well-crafted folkloric tone that has the subtle rhythm of formal storytelling and a smooth, engaging voice, inviting readers into a world that is, if not entirely defined, rife with adventure and lore.""-- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Lush, quixotic worldbuilding and elegant yet visceral prose immerses readers in this kindhearted tale, which champions compassion and eschews isolationism. Green and graphite pencil-and-watercolor art amplifies the story's shifting whimsical and unsettling tenor.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's lavishly imagined setting is wholly original. Gravett's ink drawings temper the horrors but none of the magic...Sumptuous worldbuilding and deft plotting make for a harrowing dystopian story that nevertheless thrums with hope.""-- ""Kirkus Review""

***STARRED REVIEW*** ""[N]onstop adventure while giving readers plenty to ponder about the value of honor, commu­nity and cooperation.""--BookPage ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge and Gravett pair up again in a short, atmospheric tale told through Hardinge's skillful fairy-tale prose and Gravett's art, which intertwines, illuminates, and sometimes takes over pages altogether.""--Horn Book Magazine ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's evocative prose shares space with Gravett's detailed black-and-white drawings that are fittingly accented with green, and together they build a world that effortlessly takes root in the reader's imagination.""--Booklist ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's lavishly imagined setting is wholly original. Gravett's ink drawings temper the horrors but none of the magic...Sumptuous worldbuilding and deft plotting make for a harrowing dystopian story that nevertheless thrums with hope.""--Kirkus Review ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Lush, quixotic worldbuilding and elegant yet visceral prose immerses readers in this kindhearted tale, which champions compassion and eschews isolationism. Green and graphite pencil-and-watercolor art amplifies the story's shifting whimsical and unsettling tenor.""--Publishers Weekly ""Hardinge strikes a well-crafted folkloric tone that has the subtle rhythm of formal storytelling and a smooth, engaging voice, inviting readers into a world that is, if not entirely defined, rife with adventure and lore.""--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ""Readers who love fantasy and adventure will be drawn to Feather and the dangers of a menacing and destructive Forest and crave more details about the communities Feather ­encounters.""--School Library Journal

""Readers who love fantasy and adventure will be drawn to Feather and the dangers of a menacing and destructive Forest and crave more details about the communities Feather ­encounters.""-- ""School Library Journal"" ""Hardinge strikes a well-crafted folkloric tone that has the subtle rhythm of formal storytelling and a smooth, engaging voice, inviting readers into a world that is, if not entirely defined, rife with adventure and lore.""-- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge and Gravett pair up again in a short, atmospheric tale told through Hardinge's skillful fairy-tale prose and Gravett's art, which intertwines, illuminates, and sometimes takes over pages altogether.""-- ""Horn Book Magazine"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's evocative prose shares space with Gravett's detailed black-and-white drawings that are fittingly accented with green, and together they build a world that effortlessly takes root in the reader's imagination.""-- ""Booklist"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Lush, quixotic worldbuilding and elegant yet visceral prose immerses readers in this kindhearted tale, which champions compassion and eschews isolationism. Green and graphite pencil-and-watercolor art amplifies the story's shifting whimsical and unsettling tenor.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Hardinge's lavishly imagined setting is wholly original. Gravett's ink drawings temper the horrors but none of the magic...Sumptuous worldbuilding and deft plotting make for a harrowing dystopian story that nevertheless thrums with hope.""-- ""Kirkus Review""

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Frances Hardinge is the winner of the Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree, one of just two young adult novels to win the major UK literary prize. Known for her beautiful use of language, Hardinge has written many critically acclaimed novels, including Unraveller, Deeplight, A Skinful of Shadows, Cuckoo Song, Gullstruck Island, Fly by Night, Verdigris Deep, and Fly Trap. UK-based illustrator Emily Gravett is the winner of two CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Gravett first sprang into the limelight with the groundbreaking Wolves, which has been followed by such modern classics as Meerkat Mail, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears, Monkey and Me, Again!, the Bear and Hare series, Tidy, Old Hat, Cyril and Pat, and Meerkat Christmas.

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