SuitabookA parent’s grief versus a child’s existence
Nix’s father finds a map to Honolulu before Nix’s mother died and may change the past, placing Nix’s existence at risk.
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Heidi Heilig - Author
This is an imaginative, high-stakes adventure about a teenager whose family history and future may be altered by time travel. Its appeal lies in movement across cultures, eras and legendary worlds, alongside a developing romantic connection.
"Heidi Heilig's 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 father's 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. Nix's 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, Nix's father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now he's uncovered the one map he's always sought--1868 Honolulu, 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. If Nix helps her father reunite with the love of his life, it will cost her her own"--
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an imaginative, high-stakes adventure about a teenager whose family history and future may be altered by time travel. Its appeal lies in movement across cultures, eras and legendary worlds, alongside a developing romantic connection.
Nix’s father finds a map to Honolulu before Nix’s mother died and may change the past, placing Nix’s existence at risk.
Nix’s future, dreams, adventures and connection with Kash could disappear if her father changes the past.
Nix travels between modern New York, nineteenth-century Hawaii, mythic Scandinavia, a setting from One Thousand and One Nights, and other real or imagined places.
The central dilemma involves a parent’s attempt to revisit a deceased partner and the possibility that this could erase Nix’s life.
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