{"product_id":"the-balloon-thief","title":"The Balloon Thief","description":" \n      The year's must-read YA fantasy - ancient djinn,\n      an epic adventure, and one girl's courage to seek her own destiny\n      ...\n      Burn the flame. Seek the night.\n\n\n      'Highly relevant yet utterly original, I was utterly entranced\n      by this world of jinn, peris and hot air balloons that ache\n      for the skies.' LAUREN JAMES, author of THE QUIET\n      AT THE END OF THE WORLD\n\n\n      For Khadija, the only escape from her father's arranged\n      betrothal is the sky.\n\n\n      When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against its ropes,\n      she leaps at the chance for adventure. Khadija soon finds an\n      unlikely ally in a poor glassmaker's apprentice, Jacob.\n\n\n\n      But Jacob is a hari, and Khadija a Ghadaean. The hari\n      are oppressed and restless - their infamous terrorist group,\n      the Hareef, have a new fearsome leader. And the ruling Ghadaeans\n      are brutal in their repression.\n\n\n      Soon, a deadly revolution threatens their friendship and their\n      world. The Hareef use forbidden magic, summoning jinn -\n      wicked spirits made of fire - to enact their revenge, forcing\n      Jacob and Khadija to choose what kind of a world they want\n      to save ...\n\n\n      \n\n\n      A commercial, thrilling and uplifting fantasy adventure\n      following sixteen-year-old Khadija, who flees her home in a stolen\n      hot air balloon to escape an arranged marriage\n\n\n      The debut novel from enthralling new talent, twenty-four-year-old\n      Aneesa Marufu, which draws on the author's South\n      Asian heritage\n\n      Explores racism, misogyny and discrimination in a highly\n      original fantasy universe\n\n      Perfect for fans of Noughts + Crosses, We\n      Hunt the Flame and Rebel of the Sands","brand":"Chicken House Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41882747797682,"sku":"9781913696078","price":240.01,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/369418_62609160e908c5.32441922_9781913696078.jpg?v=1656488065","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-balloon-thief","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}