Aetherbound

A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka . Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination. Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an undesirable mutation. But if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much more than survive. During a space-station layover, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the station. Against all odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the destinies they never wished for. A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka.Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination. Pendt Harland family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an undesirable mutation, but if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much more than survive. During the layover at the space dock, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the space station. Against long odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the destinies they never wished for. After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home