Heidi Heiligs debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City, to nineteenth-century Hawaii, to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling fathers ship. But when he gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its witty, fast-paced dialogue, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir, Rae Carson, and Rachel Hartman. Nixs life began in Honolulu in 1868. Since then she has traveled to mythic Scandinavia, a land from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, modern-day New York City, and many more places both real and imagined. As long as he has a map, Nixs father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now hes uncovered the one map hes always sought1868 Honolulu, before Nixs mother died in childbirth. Nixs lifeher entire existenceis at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nixs future, her dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persia...Heidi Heiligs debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City, to nineteenth-century Hawaii, to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling fathers ship. But when he gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its witty, fast-paced dialogue, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir, Rae Carson, and Rachel Hartman. Nixs life began in Honolulu in 1868. Since then she has traveled to mythic Scandinavia, a land from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, modern-day New York City, and many more places both real and imagined. As long as he has a map, Nixs father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now hes uncovered the one map hes always sought1868 Honolulu, before Nixs mother died in childbirth. Nixs lifeher entire existenceis at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nixs future, her dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persian thief, Kash, whos been part of their crew for two years. If Nix helps her father reunite with the love of his life, it will cost her her own.(展開)
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