Magonia, Maria Dahvana Headley
Magonia, Maria Dahvana Headley
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Magonia

Author: Maria Dahvana Headley

Series: Magonia #1

Narrator: Therese Plummer, Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/28/2015


Synopsis

“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 doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name.Only her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, who's 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 Aza's 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!

About Maria Dahvana Headley

Maria Dahvana Headley is a New York Times bestselling novelist, memoirist, and editor, most recently of Magonia, Queen of Kings, and the anthology Unnatural Creatures (coeditor with Neil Gaiman). Her short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards. She lives in Brooklyn in an apartment with a seven-foot stuffed crocodile and constellations on the ceiling. You can find her at www.mariadahvanaheadley.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 17, 2015

I'm dark matter. The universe inside of me is full of something, and science can't even shine a light on it. I feel like I'm mostly made of mysteries. Oh my... Magonia is one hell of a rare novel. Not only does it offer an intriguing blend of reality-infused science fiction and highly-imaginative......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 26, 2018

looks like i am the only one who didn't fall head-over-heels in love with this book. i did fall pretty hard for the cover, but it takes more than a pretty face to win me over… it has many good qualities: story set in a wholly original fantasy world, families who are supportive and loving that seem re......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on January 10, 2016

2.5 stars Before I start my review can we just all take a moment to appreciate this GORGEOUS cover? Yes? Yes. Throughout this entire story I kept seeing certain images in my mind. Something like this and this I can’t have been the only one, right? I mean, cities in the sky, flying ships, air pirates, st......more

Goodreads review by aimee (aimeecanread) on April 29, 2015

More reviews like this one on The Social Potato. If you're going to ask me to describe Magonia in one word, that word would be charming. It was elegant, magical and absolutely captivating. Reading this book was like floating on a magical, puffy, pink cloud. While eating fairy dust and watching shootin......more

Goodreads review by Geo on September 27, 2017

Un război de purtat, o mare presiune pe umerii Azei, o alegere dificilă pe care o are de făcut. Personaje puternice și captivante, care își acceptă cu demnitate povara pe care o au de purtat, care dau dovadă de mult curaj și spirit de sacrificiu. Se poate oare, să avem parte de o pace între două lum......more