History Literature / TakeBackTheSkies

* 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.

* [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Ending]] 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 Bold Explorers]] The entire crew of the Stormdancer.
* [[BondingOverMissingParents Bonding Over Missing Parents]] Fox and Cat.
* [[BoyishShortHair Boyish Short Hair]] The haircut that Cat dons after escaping from her father so that she can pass as a boy amongst the commoners.

* [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Childhood Friend Romance]] James and Cat - although moreso from James' point of view.
** [[ArrangedMarriage Arranged Marriage]] 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.]]
* [[ChildSoldiers Children Soldiers]] The fate of the [[InSeriesNickname sprogs]] Collected by the government.
* [[ComingOfAgeStory Coming Of Age Story]]
* [[ConstructedWorld Constructed World]] The book is set in the fictional world of Tellus, notable for the thick, tumultuous storms that surround its islands.
* [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitled To Have You]] Prince James towards Cat big time, especially once her relationship with Fox is revealed.
* [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everyone Can See It]] The rest of the crew of the Stormdancer towards the budding romance between Cat and Fox.
* [[FemaleGaze Female Gaze]] Frequently, as a result of being narrated by a [[HormoneAddledTeenager Hormone-Addled Teenager]]
* [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nickname]] Various crew members of the Stormdancer nickname Cat "[[AffectionateNickname shortie]]" and children are generally referred to as "sprogs".
* [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I Want My Beloved To Be Happy]]
* [[LoveableRogue Loveable Rogue]] Fox.
* [[OfficialCouple Offical Couple]] Cat and Fox.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By Their Nickname]] Both Cat (Catherine Hunter) and Fox (William Foxe).
* [[SheCleansUpNicely She Cleans Up Nicely]] 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 Sweet Polly Oliver]] Cat during the first few chapters after her escape to ensure her a place on the Stormdancer.
** [[SamusIsAGirl Samus Is A Girl]] 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 Team Mom]] Alice for the crew of the Stormdancer.
* [[TellMeAboutMyFather Tell Me About My Mother]]
* [[UnableToCry Unable To Cry]] Cat after Fox [[spoiler: kills her father.]]

* [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Ending]] 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.]]

** [[ArrangedMarriage Arranged Marriage]] 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 finale scene.]]

* [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Childhood Friend Romance]] James and Cat - at least, from James' point of view.
** [[ArrangedMarriage Arranged Marriage]] Between James and Cat, the former being far more keen on upholding the promise than the latter.

* [[FemaleGaze Female Gaze]]
* [[HappilyMarried Happily Married]]
* [[HormoneAddledTeenager Hormone-Addled Teenager]]
** [[CrushBlush Crush Blush]]

* [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nickname]] Various crew members of the Stormdancer nickname Cat "[[AffectionateNickname shortie]]".

* [[LoveableRogue Loveable Rogue]] Fox

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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* [[BoyishShortHair Boyish Short Hair]] 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.

* [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nickname]] Various crew members of the Stormdancer nicknamed Cat "[[AffectionateNickname shortie]]".

* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By Their Nickname]] Both Cat and Fox.
* [[SheCleansUpNicely She Cleans Up Nicely]] Cat when she dresses in the dress that she nicked from her old home and dressing more feminine for the first time in front of the crew of the Stormdancer.

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* [[ChildSoldiers Children Soldiers]] Presumably the fate of the [[InSeriesNickname sprogs]] Collected by the government.

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* [[BoyishShortHair Boyish Short Hair]] The haircut that Cat dons after escaping from her father so that she can pass as a boy amongst the commoners.

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* [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Ending]] 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 James]] to ensure Angyla is restored.]]

* [[DarkAndTroubledPast Dark And Troubled Past]]

* [[NaughtyIsGood Naughty is Good]]
* [[OfficialCouple Offical Couple]] Cat and Fox

** [[SamusIsAGirl Samus Is A Girl]]

* [[TellMeAboutMyFather Tell Me About My Mother]]
* [[UnableToCry Unable To Cry]]

* [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Ending]] 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 Prince James to ensure Angyla is restored.]]

* [[AChildShallLeadThem A Child Shall Lead Them]]
* [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other]]
* [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Ending]]

* [[BoyishShortHair Boyish Short Hair]] The haircut that Cat dons after escaping from her father so that she can pass as a boy.

* [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everyone Can See It]]

* [[SheCleansUpNicely She Cleans Up Nicely]]
* [[SweetPollyOliver Sweet Polly Oliver]]