num_pages: 513
description: Defeated crushed and driven almost to extinction the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa a teenage girl living among them longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship she realizes this dream might be possibleassuming she can repair the ship navigate flight school and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship uniquely appears to have a soul.
language: English
title: Skyward
publisher: Gollancz