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Skyriders

By: Polly Holyoke
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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Publisher's summary

A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
Amazon Best Book of the Month
Colorado Children's Book Award List
Ohio Buckeye Book Award List
Reading the West Award List


Wings of Fire meets
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief in this epic fantasy adventure set in a world where human and skysteed share a deep bond of friendship and love.

When monsters emerge to attack the empire, it's up to Kiesandra and her beloved winged horse N'Rah to prove to herself and the imperial army that she has what it takes to lead them to victory . . . and survival.


Thirteen-year-old Kiesandra's best friend isn't human, but that doesn't stop her from sharing jokes and secrets with her winged horse, N'Rah. She, like every other person with a skysteed, can communicate with N'Rah through her mind. Their bond is critical when one day, monsters from long ago reemerge to ravage a nearby village. No one knows how to fight the fearsome chimerae except Kie's uncle . . . and now Kie.

Injured in the battle, Uncle Dug makes her promise to bring his attack plan and weapons to the capital. Kie reluctantly agrees. At the palace, she and N'Rah attempt to gain the trust of the royals and train the army in Dug's lessons. But how can a young girl and her skysteed convince anyone that only they know how to defeat the deadly monsters?

Buzzing with action, heart, and friendship, this first book in the Skyriders series show that kids can achieve the impossible—especially with flying horses on their side.

©2023 Polly Holyoke (P)2023 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

"Skyriders soars off the page and takes you along for an epic adventure that will leave you breathless and asking for more. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!" —James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author of the City Spies series

"A breathtaking, mythical adventure. This is the kind of book I would have devoured and read over and over again as a kid. I devoured it as an adult, too!" —Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump and the Time Castaways trilogy

"In this invigorating adventure, Holyoke offers a warmhearted tale that emphasizes communication and empathy without neglecting tension and danger, while plotlines surrounding the Empire’s class- and race-based inequity provide additional fodder for conversation." —Publishers Weekly

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Amazing Fantasy

This book was even better than I expected! So well written and also well narrated. I love the way the story and also the main character develop and the way it all comes together in the end. I had initially borrowed it on Libby, but wasn’t able to listen to it all before it was due back and didn’t want to wait in line on hold again so came and purchased it here on audible and I’m glad to have it in my library.

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