North Child

Rose is an unsusual child, a North Child. For Rose was born facing north, and the old stories say she is destined to travel far from home on a dangerous journey. Making a pact with an enormous white bear, Rose travels on his back to a mysterious castle that holds a dark enchantment, a darker temptation, and the key to her true destiny...

About the author

Edith Pattou has been writing since the age of seven. She is the author of two highly acclaimed fantasy novels in the US, Hero's Song, an International Reading Association Young Adult's Choice, and Fire Arrow, a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel. While writing North Child, which is based on the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Edith became an expert in mapmaking, seamanship, Scandinavian languages, Norse mythology and the Arctic, journeying by ship through the fjords of Norway.

Summary

Rose is an unsusual child, a North Child. For Rose was born facing north, and the old stories say she is destined to travel far from home on a dangerous journey. Making a pact with an enormous white bear, Rose travels on his back to a mysterious castle that holds a dark enchantment, a darker temptation, and the key to her true destiny…

Product details

• Authors: Edith Pattou, Edith Pattou, Pattou Edith
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 11 to 99
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.11.2019
• EAN: 9781474958585
• ISBN: 978-1-4749-5858-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Usborne Modern Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Wizards & Witches, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Bears, Seasonal interest: Winter, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 10 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Bears