Edith Pattou is the author ofEast, an ALA Notable Book, and its
sequel, West; Hero's Song; Fire Arrow, a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy
Novel of the Year; Ghosting; and the New York Times bestselling
picture book Mrs. Spitzer's Garden. She lives in Columbus,
Ohio.
www.edithpattou.com
Twitter: @epattou
Instagram: @ediepattou
A rich tapestry that will resonate with readers . . . . epic tale
telling. (starred review)
-- "Booklist" (9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
Weaves the essentials of the children's fairy tale 'East o' the Sun
and West o' the Moon' into a rich tapestry that will resonate with
readers . . . the stuff of epic tale telling. --Booklist *
Compelling . . . Pattou's writing pitches readers gracefully
between myth and fantasy, inviting those unaccustomed to either
genre to explore the frozen world of questing that she has so
vividly created. --School Library Journal, starred review A Junior
Library Guild SelectionAn ALA Notable BookAn ALA Top Ten Best Book
for Young Readers
Ohioana Book Award Winner
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A rich tapestry that will resonate with readers . . . . epic tale
telling. (starred review)
-- "Booklist" (9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
Weaves the essentials of the children's fairy tale 'East o' the Sun
and West o' the Moon' into a rich tapestry that will resonate with
readers . . . the stuff of epic tale telling. --Booklist *
Compelling . . . Pattou's writing pitches readers gracefully
between myth and fantasy, inviting those unaccustomed to either
genre to explore the frozen world of questing that she has so
vividly created. --School Library Journal, starred review A
Junior Library Guild SelectionAn ALA Notable BookAn ALA Top Ten
Best Book for Young Readers
Ohioana Book Award Winner
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Readers with a taste for fantasy and folklore will embrace Pattou's (Hero's Song) lushly rendered retelling of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." In an old Norwegian village, a highly superstitious mother tries to protect her youngest child, Rose, from a dire prophecy; as the various characters take turns narrating the story, it is readily apparent that no one else takes the superstitions seriously. Nevertheless, Rose is "different" in many ways, from her purple eyes to her passion for weaving, which leads her to make a cloak patterned with a "wind rose" (a mapmaker's symbol indicating the direction of the winds)She also seems to attract the attention of a white bear, and when the bear finally approaches her, offering to make her poor family prosper and to restore her ill sister's health if Rose will come away with him, she finds the offer impossible to resist. Pattou unfolds her story slowly and carefully, luring readers across many miles with the brave and determined Rose. Handsomely evoking a landscape filled with castles, trolls, shamans and spellbound princes, the story will exercise its audience's imagination. Ages 12-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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