Twelve-year-old Elsbeth has discovered an extraordinary power: she can travel to parallel worlds and bring objects back with her. But at what cost?As freak weather events become more frequent and a strange boy, Idris, start to turn up everywhere she travels, the world she knows begins to close and collapse around her.Enjoy this mind-bending multiverse adventure about theft, family, and finding your home, from the FT's Alice Ross.
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