Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian Children's Literature Tommy is driven to learn

Tommy is driven to learn more about the circumstances surrounding his birth and the grandfather he never knew

and he finds reprieve from their longing in an unexpected relationship that inspires a momentous expedition across the West

a luxury cruise ship using revolutionary new engines suddenly catches fire and sinks

" she is like no other teacher Sahara has ever known

Tell Me Three Things

Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian Children's Literature Tommy is driven to learnThe Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo's country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He didn't realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon. Theo no longer wears a crown of ashes. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage Prinz Soren. But her