Book description
A breath-taking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century
England. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years
of cival war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan and her loyal
companion, a grumpy goose, are about to become the unlikely heroes of a
radical revolution. Mosca Mye has spent her childhood in a miserable
hamlet, after her father was banished there for writing inflammatory
books about freedom. Now he is dead and Mosca is on the run, heading for
the city of Mandelion. There she finds herself living by her wits among
cut-throat highwaymen, spies and smugglers. With peril at every turn,
Mosca uncovers a dark plot to terrorize the people of Mandelion, and
soon merry mayhem leads to murder . . . With an unforgettable cast of
characters and an inspiring message at its heart - sometimes the power
of words can change the world!
Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that
inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read
English at Oxford University and continued her writing whilst there
and afterwards - until a persistent friend finally bullied her into
sending the first chapters of FLY BY NIGHT to a publisher. Macmillan
made her an immediate offer. Frances has already signed a contract to
do further books for Macmillan.
