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Clouds of Phoenix: A novel of the Gayan Alliance

Clouds of Phoenix: A novel of the Gayan Alliance

Laframboise, Michele

Paperback

Science Fiction

ISBN10: 1988339529
ISBN13: 9781988339528
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Mar 7 2018
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
Can mere clouds threaten their colony? Blanche, a young paraplegic girl, watches the clouds dancing in the Phoenix sky. She soon wonders if their coordinated figures signal a threat. But the adults are too busy to listen, even her big sister Lupianne worries more about the air production's failing quotas than about some weird clouds.Then, as the dances grow complex and temperatures rise, the sisters must hurry to prevent the annihilation of their budding settlement.A clever planet-opera featuring an handicapped heroine, told by multi-award winning author Michèle Laframboise. The French version of this novel received the 2001 Cecile Gagnon Award for best first YA novel.We can only be fascinated by the powerful images born from the descriptions, by the originality and coherence of her universe (...) -- Le DevoirAn excellent introduction to science fiction and to a number of questions about the environment, social relations and communication.--Hélène Marchetto, Les vagabonds du rêve

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