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  • Published: 25 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781524700416
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99

A Cloud of Outrageous Blue





For fans of Fever 1793 comes the story of a young woman paving her own path and falling in love during the Great Plague of 1348, from the award-winning creator of What the Night Sings.

For fans of Fever 1793 comes the story of a young woman paving her own path and falling in love during the Great Plague of 1348, from the award-winning creator of What the Night Sings.

Edyth grew up in a quiet village with a loving family, before losing everything she holds dear in the blink of an eye. Suddenly sent to live in a priory and work with ancient texts, Edyth must come to terms with her new life and the gifts she discovers in herself. But outside the priory, something much worse is coming. With the reappearance of a boy from her past and the ominous Great Plague creeping closer and closer to the priory, it will be up to Edyth to rise above it all and save herself.

From the award-winning author-illustrator of What the Night Sings comes a new journey of self-discovery and love in the most uncertain times.

  • Published: 25 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781524700416
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99

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Praise for A Cloud of Outrageous Blue

Praise for What the Night Sings:

Long-Listed for the National Book Award
A Morris Award Finalist
Winner of the Sydney Taylor Award

"A tour de force. This powerful story of love, loss, and survival is not to be missed." --KRISTIN HANNAH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale

"What the Night Sings is a bookfrom the heart, of the heart, and to the heart. Vesper Stamper's Gerta will stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her story is one of hope and redemption and life -- a blessing to the world." -- Deborah Heiligman, award-winning author of Charles and Emma and Vincent and Theo

"...will leave readers gasping."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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