![]() Together, Hesper and Tristan have perfected a way of leaping/gliding that they call fly-bouncing.īut Hesper lives a life of fear. Alulas can fly but they’re slow and weak Mantaurs are strong and swift but planted firmly on the ground. Hesper and Tristan love each other’s company, and together they are quite literally better than either of them is alone. Tristan glows, and so was exiled from the society of other Mantaurs. Apparently the Alulas must drug the Mantaurs in order to “do quickly the thing necessary to perpetuate our kind, and leave before the Mantaurs’ drowsiness wears off and they can attack.” Therefore, it’s unusual that Hesper’s best friend is a Boytaur (wince) named Tristan. These are half-man, half-horse creatures called Mantaurs (classical mythology fans, please wince here), who seem to be rather brutish and nasty customers. Alulas are winged women who, for reasons never addressed, live totally isolated from the males of their species. ![]() ![]() Our narrator is an Alula girl named Hesper. It’s definitely a book for younger readers, and its protagonists are teenagers. It has strong religious and moral undertones, and I’m almost tempted to call it an inspirational, except that it is firmly set in a highly original fantasy universe. Deanna Miller’s Sky Bounce isn’t easy to categorize. ![]()
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