![]() Ellie is an engaging protagonist, too stubborn for her own good but still open-minded enough to see the point of view of others. Whether they are friends or enemies, she’s not sure, but they have a lot to teach her about right, wrong, heroism, and worthiness.Īs well as offering a believable and enchanting fictional world, the story mirrors troubling issues like our own, including unearned privilege and class inequality, poverty, child abuse and neglect, and state-sanctioned violence. Determined to join anyway, Ellie runs away from her clan and becomes entangled with a gang of outcast thieves. ![]() Unfortunately, there’s a strict hierarchy among the clans, and a lowly Sparrow like her is not considered worthy. Others lack even that protection as outcasts from clandom and are forced to earn a living through theft and trickery, hunted by gargols and the king’s soldiers.Įllie wants nothing more than to become a Goldwing-one of the elite fighters who fight against the gargols. ![]() Some, like Ellie, live in tight-knit clans, bonded together for protection against the sky-dwelling stone gargols who wait in every cloud to rip them to pieces. ![]() ![]() In this original and magical fantasy novel, Khoury presents a world in which the magical dream of being able to fly is a reality.Įllie lives in a world where everyone is born with wings, but not everyone can fly free. ![]()
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