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The Balloon Thief
- Author
- Aneesa Marufu
- Narrator
- Nikki Patel
- Publisher
- Oakhill Childrens
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2022
- Run Time
- 13 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Aneesa Marufu
- Narrator
- Nikki Patel
- Duration
- 13 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781399103060
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Oakhill Childrens
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Synopsis
For Khadija, the only escape from her arranged betrothal is the sky. When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against its ropes, she leaps at the chance for adventure. She soon finds an unlikely ally in a poor glass-maker's apprentice, Jacob. But Jacob is a hari, and Khadija a Ghadaean. The hari are oppressed and restless, and the ruling Ghadaeans brutal in their repression. The Hareef use forbidden magic, summoning jinn - wicked spirits made of fire - to enact their revenge, forcing Jacob and Khadija to choose what kind of a world they want to save . . .
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