By Edith Pattou (author)
"An epic story of magic, loss and love"
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Edith Pattou’s epic story is partly inspired by the old Norwegian fairy tale ‘East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon’, though readers will also recognise elements of the more familiar ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Though the story is told from the different perspectives of its main characters, at its heart is a young girl, Rose, the child born facing North and therefore full of dreams of travel and adventure, and who is saved from death by a great white bear.
When later Rose betrays of the bear, it is her quest to make good the harm she has caused that drives the plot. Filled with magical scenes and unforgettable characters, this is a rich and rewarding read, filled too with fascinating research into map-making, Viking ships and Inuit life, all of which play an essential part in Rose’s journey to find the land of the Troll Queen and her true love. As spell-binding and mysterious as the best folk-tales always are.
A beautiful, epic story of destiny, magic and love... Reborn for a new generation of readers. Rose is an unsusual child, a North Child.
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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...
Edith Pattou wrote her first story at the age of eight, The Adventures of Lipid Shortstock, which followed the adventures of a swashbuckling squirrel! Since then Edith has published two highly acclaimed fantasy novels in the United States: Hero’s Song, an International Reading Association Young Adult’s Choice, and Fire Arrow, a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel of the Year.
Edith has always been a great lover of fantasy stories and their ability to whisk the reader away to magical lands, and came to write North Child after falling in love with the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
Edith became an expert in many different fields whilst writing North Child- weaving, compasses, mapmaking, seamanship, Scandinavian languages, Norse mythology, everything to do with the Arctic and of course polar bears, which were hard as Edith’s local zoo didn’t have any polar bears. She also travelled to Norway through the fjords by ship to get first hand experience.
North Child was shortlisted for the Ottakar’s Children’s Book Prize.
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A beautiful, epic story of destiny, magic and love... Reborn for a new generation of readers.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed North Child and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
North Child features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Traditional Tales, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Adventure Stories, Star Books
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North Child was written by Edith Pattou and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd
North Child has 475 pages
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