Book : Magonia (magonia, 1) - Headley, Maria Dahvana

-Titulo Original : Magonia (Magonia, 1)

-Fabricante :

Harpercollins

-Descripcion Original:

“Maria Dahvana Headley is a firecracker: she’s whip smart with a heart, and she writes like a dream.” -Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of The Graveyard Book and Coraline Aza Ray Boyle is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak-to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesnt think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name. Only her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, whos always been there. Jason, for whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. But before Aza can consider that thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. Aza is lost to our world-and found, by another. Magonia. Above the clouds, in a land of trading ships, Aza is not the weak and dying thing she was. In Magonia, she can breathe for the first time. Better, she has immense power-but as she navigates her new life, she discovers that war between Magonia and Earth is coming. In Azas hands lies fate of the whole of humanity-including the boy who loves her. Where do her loyalties lie? Neil Gaiman’s Stardust meets John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars in this New York Times bestselling story about a girl caught between two worlds, two races, and two destinies. Don’t miss Aerie, the stunning, highly anticipated sequel! From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-Almost 16-year-old Aza Ray has a body that just does not want to keep her alive. The doctors are puzzled. Her heart is not in the right place, and her lungs dont seem to be able to breathe. She fights to survive with the help of her parents and best friend (and potential romantic interest) Jason. Then strange things begin to happen as Aza Ray hears the sounds of ships horns and bird calls, which nobody else can hear. On the afternoon of her 16th birthday, she has the most serious seizure to date, and while she is in the ambulance on the way to the hospital again, something strange happens. Aza dies. Except that she doesnt die. In a bizarre clap of thunder and lightning, she is torn away from the human world and lifted to the skies, where sailing ships and incredible strange flying whales and bird-people dwell. Aza discovers that she is not human and that her lungs and heart work perfectly high in the air, in the world of Magonia. She is the daughter of a powerful captain and she learns that there is some undefined destiny that she must fulfill to save Magonia. The story continues as the heroine learns of her new world and Jason uses his prodigious Internet and mathematical talents to discover whether or not Aza is really dead. The book races to an epic confrontation that will leave readers thrilled, though confused, as the action continues. VERDICT Romance, danger, and world-building combine to make a (mostly) satisfying read.-Denise Schmidt, San Francisco Public Library Review Maria Dahvana Headley is a firecracker: she’s whip smart with a heart, and she writes like a dream. -- Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of The Graveyard Book and Coraline “Magonia is magical. A high-flying, refreshing, and literally out-of-the-blue fantasy with great characters, emotional depth, and a unique fantasy world that I never saw coming.” -- Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Red Queen “Headley riffs like an improv comic… funny, furious, and vulnerable. The haunting conclusion leaves many issues unresolved, but the ferocious, intelligent power of Aza and Jason’s bond is completely affirmed. Sweeping, strange, and richly imagined, the novel is ideal for fans of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke & Bone.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) “With lush writing, memorable world building, and an array of peculiar characters, this is sure to thrill readers looking for a distinctive, imaginative tale in the vein of Laini Taylor