A reader’s guide
Keepers of the Sky
Maksym and Kateryna can hear a clue in a radio report or spot a mistake in a sketch. Across Ukraine, Germany and Mongolia, their hardest task is getting adults to listen to the people most affected.
Start with The Signal in the Dark. Read The Missing Households after The Sky We Choose and before the journey to Mongolia in The Quiet Dragon.
The Signal in the Dark
When donated lanterns go missing, Maksym listens again to the radio reports. Kateryna has drawn a blue doorway. Together they have to work out which details they can trust.
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New equipment arrives at the shared house, but Lev finds himself shut out of the making session. When a cropped photograph begins to tell its own story, Maksym and Kateryna ask who got to choose what everyone saw.
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A power cut interrupts a youth exchange in Eichenbrück. As blame falls on the River Quarter, Kateryna uses a drawing and a model to piece together what actually happened.
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The notice says the heating is back. Vira’s grandmother still has a cold flat. As the dough struggles to rise, Kateryna and her friends follow the gaps in a stitched map to find the households the notice missed.
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During an exchange in Ulaanbaatar, a dispute over workshop fees brings the young visitors up against the Collector. Lessons in Wing Chun and Go give them practice in deciding when to move, when to wait and whom to ask for help.
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A few things to know
What does each purchase include?
NZ$9.99 buys one illustrated book in both PDF and EPUB. Choose PDF to keep the illustrated page layout or EPUB to adjust the text size.
Which book should I start with?
Begin with The Signal in the Dark, where a radio report sends Maksym and Kateryna looking for missing lanterns.