HESTER HITCHINS AND THE FALLING STARS

‘Hester is determined, resourceful and undeterred by society’s expectations of her…a rollicking story for readers age 10+’ Books + Publishing

‘…a cracking story rich in incident and suspense…exhilarating’ Story Links

‘…a glorious adventure story’ The Bottom Shelf

It’s 1866, and Hester Hitchins’ father is missing at sea.

Determined to find him, eleven-year-old Hester wins a place at Addington’s Nautical Navigation Academy, where she will learn to navigate by the stars. But the academy is just for boys, and what’s more, no one seems to be in charge.

Bumbling schoolmaster Captain Slingsby doesn’t know anything about navigation. Lord Addington is obsessed with building the world’s biggest telescope and Lady Addington believes that falling stars are the souls of the dead.

With the help of a lodestone, her new friends Pru and Nelson, and a dazzling meteor storm, can Hester set things right – and find her own place in the universe?