The Ship of Cloud and Stars, Amy Raphael
The Ship of Cloud and Stars, Amy Raphael
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The Ship of Cloud and Stars

Author: Amy Raphael

Narrator: Daphne Kouma

Unabridged: 5 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2022

Synopsis

From the acclaimed author of The Forest of Moon and Sword comes a high-seas adventure for listeners 9+. Join Nico on her quest to change the world...

Nico Cloud desperately wants to be an explorer, but her parents think adventures aren't for girls. Fate intervenes when Nico chases a kitten on board a ship . . . and then the ship sails out to sea!

NICO IS AN ACCIDENTAL STOWAWAY.

Lucky for her, the ship belongs to a famous scientist who is on a quest for new discoveries. But clouds are brewing overhead and cunning pirates are determined to wreck the crew's mission. Can Nico steer the ship to victory and prove her parents wrong?

AN EPIC ADVENTURE STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF SCIENCE AND LEGENDS.

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Amy Raphael

Amy has been writing about popular culture and sport for three decades. As a journalist, Amy has freelanced for all the UK broadsheets as well as magazines such as Elle and Rolling Stone, interviewing over a thousand icons along the way. She has written half a dozen non-fiction books, including Danny Boyle: Creating Wonder and A Seat at the Table: Women on the Frontline of Music. This is her first children's book. She lives in Hove with her daughter and her cat.

About George Ermos

George is an illustrator, maker and avid reader from England. He works digitally and loves illustrating all things curious and mysterious. He is always trying to incorporate new artiness from the various world cultures he reads about and explores.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophie on April 26, 2022

I loved the adventure and the way this book had a lot of detail. The characters were cool. This book surprised me with so many unexpected things. It made me feel very lucky to live in the world I am in today and I'm happy things have changed for girls over the years. This book made me feel free. I f......more

Goodreads review by Insert on December 29, 2021

Amy's last book was fantasy. This is more grounded in real life, with one slight exception. The last book featured information on herbal medicine; this one has a bit of everything, thanks to its main character being a bookworm and budding scientist. I loved that her more practical friends aren't loo......more

Goodreads review by Noël on June 25, 2023

I'll never pass up any middle grade book that involves adventures on the high seas, so of course I enjoyed all the time Nico Cloud and the other characters were aboard the ship. I would have loved more interaction with pirates, but it isn't supposed to be a swashbuckling tale. I appreciated the STEM......more

Goodreads review by Hwee on August 09, 2022

This is a child-sized historical fiction piece set in the 1830s, about 12-yo Nico Cloud, who accidentally stows away onto the Anthos when she chases a cat on board. At home, she’s treated shoddily by her parents who prefer having boys and who are scornful of her aunt, Ruth, who is a scientist herself......more

Goodreads review by Anna on February 04, 2022

The Ship of Cloud and Stars is an inspiring adventure with a nod to the female scientists of old. With an ambitious and inquisitive female protagonist, a brilliant scientist aunt who disguises herself as a man to have a presence in the scientific world and an adventure on the high seas in search of......more

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