Hardinge, Frances,  1973- <br/><br/>
Fly by NIGHT / 
FRANCES HARDINGE 
 - 435 pages, [13 pages] :  20 cm 
<br/><br/> In a fractured Realm, struggling to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and religious tyrrany, a 12-year-old orphan and a homicidal goose become the accidental heroes of a revolution. Mosca has spent her life in a miserable hamlet, where her father was banished for writing inflammatory books about tolerance and freedom. Now he is dead and Mosca is on the run after unintentionally setting fire to a mill. With a swindler named Eponymous Clent, she heads for the city of Mandelion. A born liar, Mosca lives by her wits in a world of highwaymen and smugglers, dangerously insane rulers in ludicrous wigs, secret agents and radical plotters. She is recruited as a spy by the fanatical Mabwick Toke, leader of the Guild of Stationers, who fears losing his control over the publication of every book in the state. Mosca's activities reveal a plot to force a rule of terror on the Realm, and merry mayhem soon leads to murder. 
<br/><br/> For middle to upper primary school age 
<br/><br/> FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781509842339  RM51.90 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English fiction<br/>Orphans stories<br/>Swindlers and swindling--Fiction<br/>Geese--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823