TY - BOOK AU - Carroll,Emma AU - Jackson,Neal TI - Sky chasers SN - 9781910655535 U1 - 823.92 23 KW - Hot air balloons KW - Children's fiction KW - Pickpockets KW - Orphans KW - France KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Louis XVI, 1774-1793 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "From a prize-winning idea by Neal Jackson" N2 - France, 1783: An encounter with a boy dangling from the sky changes pickpocket Magpie's life forever. Like her, the boy dreams of flying over the rooftops of Paris. His family, the Montgolfiers, are desperate to be first to discover the secret of flight. Together with Pierre, Magpie is soon caught up in a world of inflatable bloomers, spies and a trio of unruly animals in a race to be the first to fly a hot air balloon - in front of the King and Queen of France ER -