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Paperback. Heliopolis, a prosperous citadel divided into five layers, its rigid social structure ensuring that it is run efficiently and the citizens know their place. But there is one uncertainty that all Heliopolitans share. What lies beneath the impenetrable sea of cloud? An abyss of nothingness? 14-year-old Marcus is about to find out.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: YFH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
Imagine a planet entirely covered in clouds... Imagine an ocean of cloud, stretching away as far as the eye can see, forever shifting and changing... Imagine peaks rising out of the clouds, their gentle slopes covered in fields and orchards... Imagine a citadel standing on each peak... Heliopolis. A prosperous citadel divided into five layers, its rigid social structure ensuring that it is run efficiently and the citizens know their place. But there is one uncertainty that all Heliopolitans share. What lies beneath the impenetrable sea of cloud? An abyss of nothingness? The fiery realm ... Read more
Imagine a planet entirely covered in clouds... Imagine an ocean of cloud, stretching away as far as the eye can see, forever shifting and changing... Imagine peaks rising out of the clouds, their gentle slopes covered in fields and orchards... Imagine a citadel standing on each peak... Heliopolis. A prosperous citadel divided into five layers, its rigid social structure ensuring that it is run efficiently and the citizens know their place. But there is one uncertainty that all Heliopolitans share. What lies beneath the impenetrable sea of cloud? An abyss of nothingness? The fiery realm ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571223664
SKU
KEX0264158
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Cunningham
David Cunningham was born in Ayrshire and educated at Glasgow University. He has worked, at various times, as a bookseller, a freelance journalist and an educational administrator. His short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies, and a couple have been broadcast on Radio 4. CloudWorld is his first novel for children.
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