Sign-In
Cart
Under an Older Sky: An Allele & Ink Story
Hardcover
Series: Allele & Ink
General Juvenile FictionScience & Nature
Publisher: Rowan & Lantern
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.38 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before Allele & Ink had familiar paths, busy laboratories, and places everyone knew by name, there was a much larger property-and a survey that seemed to explain what was on it.
Until Nora started walking.
Old stone walls didn't stand where the maps said they should. Forgotten paving surfaced beneath the grass. A garden appeared where no garden had been recorded. And when Nora followed one more fragment of stonework into Rowan Woods, she found a gate that wasn't supposed to be there.
Beyond it, she and Nico discover an overgrown route climbing through the trees-and at its end, an abandoned Observatory neither of them knew existed.
Finding the building gives them questions, not answers. Who built it? What happened there? Why was it forgotten? With few records to guide them, Nico and Nora begin with what they can observe: worn stone, old repairs, forgotten channels, missing instruments, and the evidence left by people whose names may be lost.
Years later, as Nico and Nora walk that same path with Pippa, the story of the Observatory becomes something more than the story of a discovery. It becomes a story about paying attention, respecting what came before, and understanding that not every missing piece needs to be filled in.
Richly illustrated and quietly adventurous, Under an Older Sky is an Allele & Ink story about curiosity, preservation, and finding something worth continuing.
1 different editions
Also available
Also in
General Juvenile Fiction
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One)
Riordan, Rick
Paperback
The Truth about Stacey: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #2): Full-Color Edition
Martin, Ann M.
Paperback
Dawn and the Impossible Three: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #5): Full-Color Edition Volume 5
Martin, Ann M.
Paperback
Kristy's Great Idea: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #1): Full-Color Edition
Martin, Ann M.
Paperback
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I: Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island; Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, L. M.
Paperback
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters, The: The Graphic Novel
Riordan, Rick
Venditti, Robert
Paperback
Mary Anne Saves the Day: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #3): Full-Color Edition
Martin, Ann M.
Paperback
Claudia and Mean Janine: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #4): Full-Color Edition
Martin, Ann M.
Paperback
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (Captain Underpants #12)
Dav Pilkey
Hardcover
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three the Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three)
Riordan, Rick
Paperback
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kinney, Jeff
Hardcover
Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
Pilkey, Dav
Hardcover
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 6): Volume 6
Rowling, J. K.
Hardcover
Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #1)
Sutherland, Tui T.
Paperback
Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
Hastings, Christopher
Green, John Patrick
Hardcover
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
Pilkey, Dav
Hardcover