Agent: Sara Megibow, Nelson Literary Agency. Piper and her new ally, the enigmatic Gee, exhibit maturity and resourcefulness at every turn in a page-turner that defies easy categorization and ought to have broad appeal. With a setting drawn from an industrial revolution still in birthing pains, Johnson's narrative is marked by colloquial language and blends societal decay with a sense of burgeoning technological innovation.
Yet passage on board the 401, a mile-long armored train, is beyond their grasp, and Anna is also being pursued by a ruthless, ominous man. 1 4.5 out of 5 stars (478) 6.99 The Secrets of Solace (World of Solace Series Book 2). Solace World of Solace Merrow Kingdom Scrap Town. The Mark of the Dragonfly (World of Solace Series Book 1). Piper knows that a reward awaits her if she returns Anna safely to her home. Belongs to Series Original publication date People/Characters.
Her life transforms when she rescues a mysterious girl in the aftermath of one such storm: Anna is brilliant yet disoriented, and she sports a tattoo signifying that she is held under the protection of the king of the Dragonfly territories. Merging elements of dystopia, steampunk, and fantasy, this magnetic middle-grade debut imagines an alien world where 13-year-old Piper survives by working as a scrapper, salvaging artifacts left behind by meteor storms.
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