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->''No one knew how or why the gods had formed the storm barriers where they did, but they were all over the world.''

Take Back the Skies is a [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult]] [[SteamPunk SteamPunk]] Fantasy Romance book written by Lucy Saxon. Set in the [[CrapsackWorld Dystopian]] world of Tellus, it follows the adventure of 14-year-old [[LonelyRichKid Catherine]] [[ActionGirl Hunter]], aka [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Cat]], as she joins the [[BadassCrew crew]] of the [[CoolAirship Stormdancer]] and their fight to take down and reveal the secrets of her country's government.


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!!Tropes:

* ArrangedMarriage: Between James and Cat, the former and his mother being far more keen on upholding the promise than the latter. Cat tries to attempt a [[spoiler: [[ChildhoodMarriageVeto Childhood Marriage Veto]] but ultimately ends up marrying him in the final scene.]]
* BittersweetEnding: The government is taken down, the Collections have ended, and the day is saved, but [[spoiler: Fox is dead, most of the sprogs are unable to return to their parents, and Cat is forced to marry [[PrinceCharmless Prince James]] to ensure Angyla is restored to its former stability.]]
%%* BoldExplorer: The entire crew of the Stormdancer.
%%* BondingOverMissingParents: Fox and Cat.
* BoyishShortHair: The haircut that Cat dons after escaping from her father so that she can pass as a boy amongst the commoners. Also doubles as an [[ImportantHaircut Important Haircut]] as it's a sign of her freedom from her father and the constraints of her former life.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: James and Cat - although moreso from James' point of view.
* ChildSoldiers: The fate of the [[InSeriesNickname sprogs]] Collected by the government.
* ConstructedWorld: The book is set in the fictional world of Tellus, notable for the thick, tumultuous storms that surround its islands.
%%* EntitledToHaveYou: Prince James towards Cat big time, especially once her relationship with Fox is revealed.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The rest of the crew of the Stormdancer towards the budding romance between Cat and Fox.
%%* FemaleGaze: Frequently, as a result of being narrated by a [[HormoneAddledTeenager Hormone-Addled Teenager]]
* InSeriesNickname: Various crew members of the Stormdancer nickname Cat "[[AffectionateNickname shortie]]" and children are generally referred to as "sprogs".
%%* LoveableRogue: Fox.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Both Cat (Catherine Hunter) and Fox (William Foxe).
* SheCleansUpNicely: Cat when she wears the dress and necklace that she nicked from her old home, dressing more feminine for the first time in front of the crew of the Stormdancer.
%%* SweetPollyOliver:: Cat during the first few chapters after her escape to ensure her a place on the Stormdancer.
%%* SamusIsAGirl: Revealed when Fox and Cat escape from the police and, in the struggle, Cat ends up only with an undershirt on her top half.
%%* TeamMom: Alice for the crew of the Stormdancer.
%%* UnableToCry: Cat after Fox [[spoiler: kills her father.]]

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