{"product_id":"cuckoos-flight","title":"Cuckoo's Flight","description":"\u003ctext\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDragonfly Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwallow’s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClio can’t remember a time when she didn’t share a bond with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, she and her Trojan-born father are the only people who raise and ride horses—and she couldn’t live without it. Between the freedom of the pasture and the safety of her grandmother Leira’s pottery studio, Clio has always had everything she needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen an accident stole Clio’s ability to ride, or even to walk without a crutch. The weather changed and summers grew drier. Now raiders are preying on nearby towns. As anxiety builds, a terrible pronouncement is issued by the palace: at the spring festival, a girl between the ages of twelve and fourteen will be chosen to save the town from disaster. She will be sacrificed as an offering to the mother goddess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCuckoo’s Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, internationally bestselling author Wendy Orr returns to the Bronze-Age setting of her critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eDragonfly Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwallow’s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e. With her signature blend of striking prose and emotionally taut verse, she immerses readers in a thrilling coming-of-age story as Clio battles the political power of the palace and her own feelings of inadequacy to save her town, her horses, and perhaps even herself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/text\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none;\"\u003eWendy Orr \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pajama Press Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54527139873041,"sku":"9781772781908","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB [reflow]","offer_id":54527139905809,"sku":"9781772782066","price":14.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/9676\/3409\/files\/9781772782066.jpg?v=1788199362","url":"https:\/\/bookcentre.ca\/products\/cuckoos-flight","provider":"The Canadian Children's Book Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}