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THE BALLOON THIEF

RELEASED 3 MARCH

400 pages | Paperback/ebook

Author Aneesa Marufu

Publisher Chicken House

to chew on in this debut from explores both women’s rights and racism (flipping the status quo, so that darker skins rule whiter ones). Don’t hesitate for fear these themes will be rammed down your throat: Marufu skilfully avoids heavy-handedness, and her tale also includes fascinating magic, jinn, ifrits and alternate dimensions.

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