Book description
In West of the Moon, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Margi Preus expertly weaves original fiction with myth and folktale to tell the story of Astri, a young Norwegian girl desperate to join her father in America. After being separated from her sister and sold to a cruel…
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1 author picked West of the Moon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Reading this book is like the first breath you take when opening a door to a winter blizzard. Your lungs freeze.
What I admired most about this muscular tale is Preus doesn’t pull any punches for her young readers. Like an ice ball covered in snow, she packs Nordic folktales and myths around the harsh realities of two Norwegian sisters who escape from a lecherous goat farmer to join their father in America.
The book title ties into the moment every day before total darkness takes over. The way I see it, this book shows that a good story, honestly…
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