![]() ![]() Her superstitious mother hides this from Rose for fear of losing her, but when illness and the family’s poverty threaten the life of another daughter, their mother is willing for Rose to go with the white bear in exchange for Sara’s health. Rose is a “north” child, prone to wandering. (The other is Dennis McKiernan’s Once Upon a Winter’s Night, which mixes in several other fairy tales and was intended for adults.) It’s beautifully written, magical and evocative. ReviewĮast is a middle-grade or YA retelling of one of my favorite fairy tales, “East of the Sun, West of the Moon,” and it has already become one of my two favorite retellings. ![]() In discovering his identity, she loses her heart- and finds her purpose-and realizes her journey has only just begun. Rose travels on the bear's broad back to a distant and empty castle, where she is nightly joined by a mysterious stranger. So when an enormous white bear shows up one cold autumn evening and asks teenage Rose to come away with it-in exchange for health and prosperity for her ailing family-she readily agrees. but she can't suppress Rose's true nature forever. Her superstitious mother keeps the unusual circumstances of Rose's birth a secret, hoping to prevent her adventurous daughter from leaving home. Since the day she was born, it was clear she had a special fate. Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) ![]() Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on September 1st 2003 JanuLark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 East by Edith Pattou ![]()
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