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All Our Shimmering Skies

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All Our Shimmering Skies

By: Trent Dalton
Narrated by: Ruby Rees
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From the internationally best-selling and beloved author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, a mesmerizing, uplifting novel of adventure and unlikely friendships in World War II Australia - calling to mind The Wizard of Oz as directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who’s abandoned his post.

With messages from the skies above to guide them towards treasure, but foes close on their trail, the trio will encounter the beauty and vastness of the Northern Territory and survive in ways they never thought possible.

A story about the gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth, and secrets we bury inside ourselves, Trent Dalton’s brilliantly imagined novel is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue heavens. It is a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking up—a buoyant and magical tale, filled to the brim with warmth, wit, and wonder.

©2021 Trent Dalton (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
20th Century Action & Adventure Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Magic Adventure Magic Users Feel-Good Heartfelt
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this was a journey! great book! could there have been less grusomness/sadness... maybe... but I would and will read it again!

digga denne fra start til slutt...

wow

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This is my second book by Dalton. His use of a charasmatic younger main character allows for a tragic dark world to be portrayed as a whimsical and mesmerizing with great descriptions of landscape, people, and story. Great dark story that doesnt leave you feeling low. Dalton's books makes a silver lining in a stormcloud the only thing the reader sees.

Another knockout

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Wonderful and descriptive character and scene development. I cared about these characters, especially Molly Hook. I believed in the journey and relished being transported to the deep country in Australia. A vast departure from Boy Swallows Universe but just as delicious a ride!

A Fantastical Hero’s Journey

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The very best kind of storytelling—engaging, rich with wonderful characters, and brimming with vibrant details. Such gorgeous writing. The narrator does a fine job.

Gorgeous

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The author is a gifted storyteller. Creative, mystical prose. The story contains serious, heavy content but maintains levity through because it is told from the perspective of a young girl who can speak to the sky.
Narrator is great. Trent Dalton is a magnificent author. Recommend this book or Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton writes beautifully

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He's a fine, joyful writer, but this story veers into YA fantasy. Derivative story in a new setting (for US readers). Peter Pan / Lord of the Ring / comic book characters, but I liked them anyway. No match for the author's wonderful Boy Swallows Universe, but still an interesting time-passer. Reader was excellent -- the tweener hysterics at the end grated, but that was an accurate portrayal of source material.

Australian Wizard of Oz + No Country For Old Men

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