The Story Of Cirrus Flux

Cirrus is a crazy-haired foundling, an orphan boy who has never known his parents. He has grown up in the care of the Hospital, and in the company of his best friend, Bottle Top. But Bottle Top and Cirrus are soon to be apprenticed to new masters-cunning practitioners of a strange kind of science. Little do they know what sinister mysteries await them?

A phoenix-like bird in a nest guarded by crows, a daring hot-air balloon ride, and a ravishing villain-this is a thrilling and beautifully written tale for readers aged 10 and up. Matthew Skelton is that rare talent: a writer of compulsively readable plots with true literary merit.

Matthew Skelton was born in the UK but spent most of his childhood in Edmonton , Alberta . He started writing while working as a teaching assistant at the University of Mainz and continued when he came back to Oxford to work as a research assistant. In 2002 he won Richard and Judy's short story competition. Cirrus Flux is his second novel.