Frances Hardinge writes children’s and young adult fantasy with strange worlds, sharp social ideas and protagonists who learn that the rules around them are less natural than they appear. The Lie Tree follows Faith Sunderly, whose discovery of a plant fed by lies becomes entangled with her father’s death and Victorian arguments about science and women’s roles. A Face Like Glass is set in an underground city where expressions must be learned, while Deeplight centres on island communities shaped by the remains of dead sea gods. Hardinge’s novels are inventive, atmospheric and linguistically rich, but still strongly plot-driven. They suit readers of middle-grade and YA fantasy, gothic adventure, speculative societies and stories where language, belief or social control shape the mystery. Read more Less
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