Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her cartographer father once mapped. When her friend
disappears, she volunteers to guide the search. The world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland – and beneath the dry
rivers and smoking mountains, a fire demon is stirring from its sleep. Soon, following her map, her heart and an ancient myth,
Isabella discovers the true end of her journey: to save the island itself.
Beautiful, thrilling and magical, Sunday Times
bestselling-author Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut novel has all
the makings of a modern classic.
Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Winner
of the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year
Shortlisted
for the Branford Boase Award
Shortlisted for the Jhalak
Prize
‘Absolutely loved it from start to finish’ TOM
FLETCHER
‘I read it, I loved it’ MALORIE
BLACKMAN
‘Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a
spellbinding world of magic, myth and adventure’ EMMA CARROLL