- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; 1st edition (7 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405020784
- ISBN-13: 978-1405020787
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 684,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A wonderful and wondrous novel. Frances Hardinge has joined the company of writers whose books I will always seek out and read."-Garth Nix"A rollicking read to be savored." -- Bookseller (London)
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Stunningly original, fabulously inventive and packed with humour and wit, FLY BY NIGHT is simply unique. A fantastic adventure story set in a re-imagined early eighteenth-century England, it marks the extraordinary debut of a brand-new writing talent.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An incredibly grown-up children's book,
This review is from: Fly By Night (Hardcover)
Combines a very well-thought-out alternate 18th century with plenty of twisty intrigue, complicated and multilayered supporting cast, vivid description, witty and memorable dialogue, a powerful discussion of freedom of thought and a splendidly tough and sympathetic heroine. The goose is superb too. Thoroughly recommended for anyone over the age of twelve.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A stunning debut,
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This review is from: Fly By Night (Hardcover)
I'd like to echo what Laura from Oxford has said. Fly By Night is a wonderfully lyrical, inventive book with witty dialogue and strong characterization. Children should find a magical historical world to inhabit while their Eponymous Clent-like parents will marvel at the language and ideas. Not since Philip Pullman's Lyra have I encountered such an engaging, feisty heroine - not to mention the goose. Very highly recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
glorious adventure,
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This review is from: Fly By Night (Paperback)
My daughter (10) was given this book for Christmas. She reads extremely well but is not very sophisticated yet, perhaps. She struggled and stopped, so I tried instead...and was completely hooked: Fly by Night is a sizzling, exciting adventure-cum-detective story full of a complex blend of fantasy and history, written by someone who is clearly in love with words and books. I recommend it to young at heart adults, teenagers, and any child who is precocious enough to give it a go.
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