Description:
In this spirited third Brightstorm adventure, the twins journey north to protect the legendary earth-bear and to discover their family's hidden history.
Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm are back home in Lontown and finally settling in after their exhilarating--and secret--adventures in Erythea. Maudie's sky-ak invention is a hit, and Harriet has just announced that she will share her sky-ship's hydroelectric technology.
But tensions are brewing. Pitch is becoming more and more difficult to mine, and the existence of super-sapient creatures on other continents threatens how the Explorers see themselves in the natural order of the world. When Arthur and Maudie begin hearing a strange song summoning them north--a song only they can hear--they know there's an adventure waiting for them that may change the lives of everyone in the Wide. As the crew of the Aurora prepares for their trip, they're joined by new members and old friends. But they're not the only sky-ship journeying northward to uncover the region's secrets. . . .
Return to Vashti Hardy's "marvelously imagined" world (Publishers Weekly) in this sweeping and propulsive new addition to the Brightstorm series.
Brief description:
Vashti Hardy is an author of breathtaking middle-grade fantasies published across the world in several languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story in 2020 and the FCBG Children's Book Awards. Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Books are My Bag Award, and the Leeds Book Award. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and Primary School Book Club Reads.