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290 pp.
| Feiwel |
March, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-312-64169-6$18.99
(2)
YA
Fifteen-year-old Willo and his family live in a future ice-age world. One day he comes home to find his family gone, stranding him in the frozen mountains of Wales. Willo's first-person voice is distinctive; the dystopian world, especially the hellish city, is carefully delineated. Allusions to Yeats, Genesis, Browning, and various fairy tales lend epic weight to Willo's journey.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2012