Windswept: A Novel - Hardcover

Preus, Margi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419758241 ISBN 13: 9781419758249

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2022

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor–winning author Margi Preus, a gripping middle-grade fantasy about a girl who must save the children of her world from being Windswept.

In Tag’s world, children are disappearing. “Youngers” who venture Outside are windswept—vanishing in the swirling snow—Tag’s sisters among them. Many have tried to find the lost children; all have failed. And since the Other Times, the Powers That Be seem intent on keeping it that way.

Little remains from those times: snippets of songs, heaps of plastic trash, and a few banned texts—including a book of fairy tales.

An unlikely crew of Youngers join forces—Boots, who can climb anything, Ant, who will eat anything, Ren, who will say anything, and Tag, who doesn’t appear to have any talent whatsoever. With their dubious skills, the fairy tales, a possibly magic ribbon, and an unwillingness to accept “that’s impossible,” they set off to rescue their windswept siblings in this spellbinding fantasy.

Includes a map and black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artist Armando Veve

About this title

About the Author

Margi Preus is a New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Honor Book Heart of a Samurai and other notable books for young readers, including West of the Moon, Shadow on the Mountain, and Village of Scoundrels. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota, land of snow squalls and cardamom buns. Armando Veve is an award-winning illustrator whose drawings have appeared in numerous publications around the globe, including The New Yorker, National Geographic, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Smithsonian magazine, as well as with Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and Art of Play. His permanent public art installation commissioned by MTA Arts & Design for Metro North Railroad was completed in 2021. He is a Society of Illustrators gold medalist, ADC Young Gun, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree. Armando studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews

Gr 5 Up-When children (or Youngers) venture Outside, they are often Windswept, or blown away by the wind, never to be seen again. This was the case of Hyacinth's sisters Iris, Lily, and Rose, when they broke the rules and went to the Outside. The youngest sister Hyacinth, also known as Tagalong or Tag, is a step behind her sisters when the sisters go to the forbidden Outside and are separated from her. Years later, Tag receives a note asking her to attend a meeting on the forbidden Outside. She leaves her home and is soon leading an adventure to find her siblings. The unlikely crew of Youngers-Finn, Boots, Ren, Ant, and Tag, with the dog BlueTooth-journey into the Unknown to find their windswept siblings, meeting many magical characters along the way. They take a forbidden fairy-tale book with them, and it becomes their field guide for an adventure of a lifetime. Preus's latest is a modern and slightly dystopian fairy-tale based on Norwegian folklore. Her hypnotic writing will tug at readers' hearts and keep them mesmerized. Veve's illustrations and maps add interest and enhance the text. VERDICT This must-read grand adventure with unlikely heroes will appeal to all fantasy lovers.-Nancy Hawkinsα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419758241
• ISBN 13: 9781419758249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Veve Mr. Armando
• Number of pages: 304