Summary
Five siblings fall through time and space into a strange, unkind world — their arrival mysteriously foretold — and land in the center of an epic civil struggle in a country where many citizens have given themselves over to their primal fears and animal passions at the urging of a power-hungry demagogue.
When siblings Susan, Max, Nell, Kate, and Jean tumble one by one through a glowing cobalt window, they find themselves outside their cozy home — and in a completely unfamiliar world wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536219166 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536219169 |
| Author: | Adina Rishe Gewirtz |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 595g |
| Dimensions: | 87mm x 149mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
Gewirtz offers an appealingly old-fashioned story peppered with unsettling moments of brutality and violence, all in an eerie, artful tone…readers hungry for fantasy with a classic tone—complete with tried-and-true tropes, such as prophesies, chosen ones, and vaguely allegorical world building—will likely find plenty to satisfy that craving here.
—Booklist Online
Packed full of Narnia-esque intrigue, you’ll be rooting for this fam every step of the way.
—Girls’ Life
Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Adina Rishe Gewirtz is the author of Zebra Forest, her critically acclaimed debut novel. She coaches writers and spends most of her time at her first love, fiction writing. She lives just outside Washington, D.C.
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