Hi friends,

Silver the crow scientist here! 

Flaptastic news: the humans have written a novel, using their fleshy fingers. (I guess that’s the consolation prize for not having wings.) 

In this feminist eco-fantasy inspired by a Sufi legend, a thirteen-year-old “bird nerd” must travel to the sky realm of ideal bird habitats to save her father and their bird sanctuary.

You’ll like this one if you like:

1. Fierce, diverse protagonists 

2. Fantasy fiction inspired by West Asian and North African traditions

3. Lab coats (No? Just me?)

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See ya in a few wingbeats,

— Silver

A painting of the mythical bird Simorgh (British Museum).

Marjane’s original drawing from when she first conceptualized the story at age 8.