Il linguaggio è semplice ma non per questo banale ed elementare, anche se è un romanzo fantasy la vicenda sembra quasi realistica, fatta ad eccezione per alcuni casi. So it seems cruel that someone so drawn to exploration is bound to the village alone under the ominous gaze of the governor.

The stars revealed their places in constellations and the moon’s pull felt physical on my short hair. It reminded me of Nim's Island meets Journey to the Centre of the Earth meets Disney (and yes, this would make a fantastic movie.Her interest in confirming the truth of Joya’s history – namely, that the girl-warrior Arinta really did save the island from a destructive demon – is strengthened by her father’s profession as the island’s only mapmaker.

But the world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland, and far beneath the earth, beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a legendary fire demon is stirring.There aren't many things better than reading a book that is just as gorgeous as its cover and thankfully The Girl of Ink and Stars was just that.

I didn't fall in love with it, but I enjoyed the charm of it and do recommend it to people looking for a magical middle grade story that's a bit different! Some of the other places names mentioned are Amrica, Afrik and India which adds mystique to places that we readers would normally think of as just ordinary parts of our world.

Though she’s always longed to chart the Forgotten Territories, Isabella’s primary motivation for joining the team of island explorers is to save her best friend. She often says things that she should not but her heart is true and she is loyal and brave to the very end.

Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella Riosse has always dreamed of the faraway lands her father once mapped. A girl Isabella knows is murdered then her best friend Lupe goes missing after she ventures out to solve the mystery surrounding the murder itself. I would definitely say however that the plotline sounded more MG to me then YA but I like reading MG and as a nineteen year old, I have loved reading stories for a younger audience. The tied-in place descriptions told in the main character and her father's words were similarly gorgeous.The Girl of Ink and Stars is a beautiful adventure in a vibrant world with wonderfully imagined characters. On the opposite wall hung the sketchy coast of Amrica and its dragging ocean currents, labelled with strange, wondrous names [. Under his strict rule, residents of the coastal town of Gromera are forbidden to travel beyond the forest flanking the village. La narrazione è in prima persona e, per questo, riesci ad immedesimarti nel personaggio principale, ritrovandoti molte volte con il fiato sospeso e impaziente di continuare la storia.