Swift

R.J. Anderson
Orchard Books UK / 2012

Ivy sensed the stone hurtling towards her and rolled - too late. Heat scored across her back in a blaze of dazzling pain. The ground spiraled to meet her, and she knew it would only be seconds before she hit...

Ivy is a determined young Cornish piskey living in an abandoned tin mine with her clan. In a cruel twist of fate she was born without wings, and she longs to fly like the others. When she meets an enigmatic stranger, he seems to offer an answer. But there is more to him than meets the eye—and more secrets in Ivy's world than she ever realized...

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