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Cat Hunter, a teenage girl determined to escape an arranged marriage, disguises herself as a boy and stows away on a smuggler’s airship. During the journey she encounters excitement, danger, and the promise of adventure across imaginary places and interstellar horizons.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Lucy Saxon
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