The Wind Rises [electronic resource] : Book 1 of The Alma Series
Timothée de Fombelle2022
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From Europe to Africa to the Caribbean, this first installment in the Alma
trilogy tells a gripping story of hope, perseverance, and love that readers will
not soon forget.
1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her
family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful
homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out
of the valley.
Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a
continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home
becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her
people.
Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great
plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate
quest-to find a pirate's treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as
time passes, he learns he is ...
Main title:
The Wind Rises [electronic resource] : Book 1 of The Alma Series / Timothée de Fombelle
Author:
Timothée de Fombelle, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Europa Editions, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (410.0)
Series title:
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781609457884
Language:
English
BRN:
438044
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |