"A story that soars, powered by imagination "
November 2021 Debut of the Month
Cassie Engels lives in a house built into rock, deep in the Bavarian Forest. She shares the house with her parents and her grandmother, who is dying, and with a huge collection of stuffed owls. Then, one stormy night, something else arrives, something extraordinary. The new arrival, small as a baby, four tiny wings protruding from its shoulder blades, is a cherub. But why has she come now and who, or what, is coming after her? How is her arrival connected with Cassie’s friend Raphael, and is there something in her own family history that has brought the creature to the house in the rock? With a nod to David Almond’s Skellig, Lucy Hope’s debut is strange and haunting, daring, sometimes demanding but always compelling.
Readers who enjoy Lucy Hope’s book should also look out for The Lightning Catcher by Clare Weze or Ross Welford’s books.
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Prepare for an exciting journey with this supernatural book! Cassie is about to find out there is more to her stuffed owl collection than she first thought... but that is only one of the surprises in store!
If you are the sort who wonders what, if anything, exists beyond what we can sense, then this book is for you! The story is set in a isolated house on a rock. Cassie, the main character is entrusted to look after the family’s collection of stuffed owls. When mysterious birds called the Sturmfalken attack her, and the stuffed owls rotate 180°, without her or anyone touching them, Cassie can tell something is afoot. She just doesn’t know what it is and she doesn’t have long to find out... Does it have something to do with the cherub that arrived through her window? The story becomes more exciting as you read it. Without giving anything away, there are lots of surprises as to which characters Cassie can trust.... Read Full Review
Fledgling beautifully follows the story of Cassie Engel as she undercovers facts that will change her and the people around her lives forever.
When all of a sudden a cherub flies into Cassie Engel’s bedroom window in the middle of a stormy night she has no choice but to let her in. But then strange things start to happen in the house that Cassie lives in with her mother, her father, her ill grandmother, Emaline the ancient servant and twenty or so stuffed owls. The owls begin to turn 180 degrees every time Cassie leaves the room and mysterious birds known as Sturmfalken attempt to break into her house, what will Cassie do to stop them?... Read Full Review
Fledgling is a brilliant book, full of adventure and excitement! This book was thrilling from start to finish and I didn't want to stop reading it.
During a storm Cassie discovers a cherub. Fledgling is a story about Cassie and her friend, Raphael, trying to find out why the cherub came. I thought Fledgling was brilliant, it is full of adventure and excitement. This book was thrilling from start to finish, I didn't want to stop reading it.... Read Full Review
