Pub Date: August 26, 2025
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2025022269
Lexile Code: 0870
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 10 to 14
Physical Info: 0.62" H x 9.96" L x 7.93" W ( 1.39 lbs) 128 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General | Action and Adventure | Social Themes | Adolescence and Coming of Age | New Experience
Description: Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by Two Hoots, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
Brief description: 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. She lives in England.
Review Quotes: ***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