West of the Moon

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 goat farmer, Astri makes a daring escape. She quickly retrieves her little sister, and, armed with a troll treasure, a book of spells and curses, and a possibly magic hairbrush, they set off for America. With a mysterious companion in tow and the malevolent "goatman" in pursuit, the girls head over the Norwegian mountains, through field and forest, and in and out of folktales and dreams as they steadily make their way east of the sun and west of the moon.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 04/01/2014
ISBN: 9781419708961
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.00d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Minnesota Book Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 75
Publishers Weekly 03/24/2014
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 152
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 95
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 537
PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 44
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2014 pg. 93
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 75
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 24
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2015 pg. 18
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 165209 / West of the Moon
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7