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Book SynopsisRemember what Dad said? Don’t call it a dream, call it a plan. There’s always a way, Maud, there has to be.Trade Review"A novel of grandeur and action." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Enjoyable… Arty’s determination and Maudie’s engineering skills both prove vital in the journey across the varied terrain of Hardy’s marvelously imagined world and its surprising allies, from desert kings to thought wolves." -- Publishers Weekly
"A narrative with overtones of both Charles Dickens and Philip Pullman… A ripsnorting yarn." -- School Library Journal
"Hardy has drunk from the same cup as Philip Reeve and Philip Pullman. This is a skillful, gripping and hugely enjoyable account of the bonds that keep families together despite the most awful adversities." -- Literary Review
"[A] pacy tale of lies and greed versus loyalty and derring-do." -- Guardian
"Stand[s] out." -- Kirkus Reviews
