The Story of Cirrus Flux
London, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world’s most divine power—The Breath of God—which they believe Cirrus has inherited. Now he faces a perilous journey through the dirty backstreets of the city as a sinister mesmerist, a tiny man with...
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London, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world’s most divine power—The Breath of God—which they believe Cirrus has inherited. Now he faces a perilous journey through the dirty backstreets of the city as a sinister mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel pursue him. Cirrus must escape them, but he’ll need to trust some unlikely allies if he hopes to thwart his foes . . . and survive a grand and terrifying showdown.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385733816 (038573381X)
Publish date: February 23rd 2010
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Loved the hot air balloon and the title. Last week I was able to look without grabbing, but not this week.
So, I received this book through the Goodreads contest, mostly because the description looked interesting, and the title caught my eye. Sadly, what looked like a really fun read ended up as being a bit boring.The story concerns two orphans at a hospital for foundling children- Cirrus Flux and a girl...