SYNOPSIS:
Catherine Hunter is the daughter of a senior government official on the island of Anglya. She’s one of the privileged – she has luxurious clothes, plenty to eat, and is protected from the Collections which have ravaged families throughout the land. But Catherine longs to escape the confines of her life, before her dad can marry her off to a government brat and trap her forever.

So Catherine becomes Cat, pretends to be a kid escaping the Collections, and stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. As they leave Anglya behind and brave the storms that fill the skies around the islands of Tellus, Cat’s world becomes more turbulent than she could ever have imagined, and dangerous secrets unravel her old life once and for all.

WHY SHOULD YOU CHECK IT OUT?
This dystopian steam-age novel promises an almost Dickensian world and cast of characters… minus all the dark edges, of course. Cat sounds like exactly the sort of go-getter heroine that YA needs more of, and it’s been forever since a good girl adventure hit our desks.

It’s also refreshing to see a steampunk novel that doesn’t need gears and machinery to announce its presence. Look at all the colors! So much more striking than golds and browns, really drawing the eye. This one will look great on any reader’s shelf.

We’re more than a little in love with the author—strictly platonic—who is all kinds of awesome. Lucy Saxon was sixteen when she wrote the novel for NaNoWriMo. Now nineteen, Lucy also an avid youtuber, cosplayer, con-goer, booklover, and a self-described “all-around nerdgirl”. She has amazing cosplays, especially her Rule 34 Captain America, and makes all her own costumes. That’s right, when she’s not writing or vlogging or going to fandom events, she’s sewing her fingers off! We want to hang out with her so badly, and we know you will, too!

EARLY REVIEWS SAY…

The pieces are all here for a plucky-girl adventure… (Kirkus Reviews)

[Breathlessly paced adventure …. Sprinkled with popular elements of dystopia, steampunk, and noble love, the plot sparkles. (Publishers Weekly)

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NECESSARY DETAILS
YA Steampunk
Hardcover & ebook, 384 pages
Published on June 3rd 2014 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens (ISBN 1619633671)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/take-back-the-skies-9781619633674/