Age range 10-15
Augustin is a poor boy who lives in a barn.
Celine is a rich girl who lives in a mighty palace.
Together they escape into the sky . . .
Only to land in a world of terrible trouble and dangerous secrets!
During the most turbulent times of the French Revolution, two young heroes risk everything for each other, their Queen, and countries...a richly-imagined novel for younger readers based around twenty-four fascinating facts!
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