The Girl from Everywhere
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its sparkling wit, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir and Leigh Bardugo.
As the daughter of a time traveler, Nix has spent sixteen years sweeping across the globe and through the centuries aboard her father’s ship. Modern-day New York City, nineteenth-century Hawaii, other lands seen only in myth and legend—Nix has been to them all.
But when her father gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. Rae Carson meets Outlander in this epic debut fantasy.
If there is a map, Nix’s father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place and any time. But now that he’s uncovered the one map he’s always sought—1868 Honolulu, the year before Nix’s mother died in childbirth—Nix’s life, her entire existence, is at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nix’s future, her dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persian thief, Kash, who’s been part of their crew for two years.
She’ll risk anything to stop him. He’ll risk everything to succeed. What happens when the only way to save yourself is to betray the person you love most?
YA Historical Fantasy: Journey from 18th-century Calcutta to 19th-century Hawaii and lands of myth, all aboard the time-traveling ship, The Temptation.Found Family: Nix is part of a loyal crew, but when her father’s obsession puts them all in danger, she’ll have to decide where her loyalties truly lie.Slow Burn Romance: For two years, the witty banter with Kash has been a spark of light. But with her future on the line, is there time for their connection to become something more?High Stakes Adventure: A high-stakes race through time where the ultimate prize is existence itself. If Nix’s father saves her mother, Nix may never have been born at all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Heilig sets this swashbuckling time-travel adventure primarily in 19th-century Hawaii, when the islands were colonized but still had a king. Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a resourceful and multilayered heroine who navigates a tall ship across enchanted maps that lead to particular moments and places in time some real and some mythological, depending on the map. Her father, Slate, captains the Temptation through time, in hopes of returning to the days before Nix's mother died giving birth to Nix in 1868 Honolulu; when a map from 1981 fails them, they instead land in modern-day New York City. Nix lives under the shadow of Slate's loss, and their relationship suffers for it not to mention that Nix's life may be at stake if Slate succeeds in saving her mother. Heilig's writing is richly immersive, and a mature exploration of complicated love, both familial and romantic, underlies the story. A riveting and far-reaching fantasy that crosses seamlessly across the centuries, posing questions about fate, loyalty, and belonging. Ages 13 up.
