Grounded

A city where houses fly. A great-aunt who planted her home in the soil. And a girl spellbound by a handmade book that remembers what everyone else forgot.

Summary

An unexpected invitation takes Kimia from her home in the sky to her great-aunt’s estate. There, in gardens grown from seed, she meets animals that were born, not built, and a collection of rare objects shaped by hands long gone. Among them is a book that seems almost magical, holding stories of a past no one remembers anymore.

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