Heather Fawcett is also the author of the middle grade novels The School Between Winter and Fairyland, The Language of Ghosts, and Ember and the Ice Dragons as well as the young adult Even the Darkest Stars series. She has a master’s degree in English literature and has worked as an archaeologist, photographer, technical writer, and backstage assistant for a Shakespearean theater festival. She lives on Vancouver Island, Canada. Heather can be found online at www.heatherfawcettbooks.com.
“A sly, cake-eating sea serpent; an elderly dragon familiar; and
vain otters who can “move in and out of death” make for an
endearing supporting cast, while the siblings, with their distinct
personalities and inevitable squabbles, make for an authentic focal
point. Fans of Eva Ibbotson and Diana Wynne Jones will appreciate
Fawcett’s well-paced, wholly imaginative middle grade romp.” —
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A charming, surprisingly nuanced middle-grade fantasy…. with witty
prose and sharply drawn characters.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Readers will roll their eyes in sympathy at the sibling
shenanigans Noa has to put up with and cheer as she comes into her
own.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Praise for EMBER AND THE ICE DRAGONS: “This highly
readable middle grade fantasy adventure wins with its likable
heroine and ecological angle.” — School Library Journal
“Fawcett’s story is full of original details that add depth… But it
is the richly nuanced primary and secondary characters, as well as
the evenhanded inclusion of females as intelligent scientists, that
give the story its richness… Fresh and original.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Stunning descriptions and well-rounded characters are woven into a
story that hums with excitement and adventure.” — ALA Booklist
“Smart, funny and full of wonder. Part gripping Arctic adventure,
part richly woven fantasy, this is the rare type of story that
readers will want to visit again and again.” — Kim Ventrella,
author of Skeleton Tree and Bone Hollow
“Full of intrigue and adventure, magic and science, Ember and
the Ice Dragons will keep you reading all the way to the last
icy, breathless page.” — Ruth Lauren, author of Prisoner of Ice and
Snow
“A hugely inventive and enjoyable fantasy. Pure magic.” — Claire
Fayers, author of The Voyage to Magical North
Praise for EVEN THE DARKEST STARS: “An utterly inventive
and wholly original debut.”
— ALA Booklist
“With a dash of romantic entanglement, a rich original mythology,
and a sizzler of a twist at the end, this duology opener will
appeal to fans of femalecentric fantasy by such authors as Leigh
Bardugo and Sarah Maas.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Cinematically vivid…immersive and absorbing.” — Bulletin of the
Center for Children’s Books
“Fawcett brings snow-capped mountains—and their baleful
secrets—alive in this magical, atmospheric debut.” — Evelyn Skye,
New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game and The
Crown’s Fate
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