Midwinterblood
Autor Marcus Sedgwicken Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 apr 2014 – vârsta până la 18 ani
"Reminiscent of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas . . . stark, suspenseful writing." -School Library Journal
An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love.
This title has Common Core connections.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
Praise for Midwinterblood:
"A story that's simultaneously romantic, tragic, horrifying, and transcendental is more than enough to hold readers' attention, no matter their age." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Part love story, part mystery, part horror, this is as much about the twisting hand of fate as it is about the mutability of folk tales. Its strange spell will capture you." -Booklist, starred review
"The Time Traveler's Wife meets Lost in this chilling exploration of love and memory . . . Haunting, sophisticated and ultimately exquisite." -Kirkus, starred review
"Sedgwick's prose is unadorned yet melancholic. . ." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
"Sedgwick's prose is taut, careful, and chilling." -The Horn Book, starred review
"Reminiscent of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas . . . stark, suspenseful writing." -School Library Journal
Novels by Marcus Sedgwick:
Saint Death: A propulsive, compelling, and unsparing novel set in the grimly violent world of the human and drug trade on the US-Mexican border.
Blood Red Snow White: A gripping, romantic adventure novel based on the true story of Arthur Ransome's experiences with love and betrayal in war-torn Russia.
The Ghosts of Heaven: A Printz Honor Book! Timeless, beautiful, and haunting, spirals connect four episodes, from prehistory through the far future.
She Is Not Invisible: When her father goes missing, a blind girl talented in identifying patterns and her brother are thrust into a mystery.
Midwinterblood: A Printz Medal Winner! Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined.
White Crow: A scary, thought provoking novel about secrets that are better left buried.
Revolver: A Printz Honor Book! A taut frontier survivor story, set at the time of the Alaska gold rush.
Graphic novel by Marcus Sedgwick, art by Thomas Taylor:
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter: A rip-roaring romp full of hairy horrors, villainous villains, and introducing the world's toughest monster hunter-Scarlett Hart!
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|---|---|---|
| Paperback (2) | 50.36 lei 3-5 săpt. | +29.82 lei 7-13 zile |
| Hachette Children's Group – 3 mai 2012 | 50.36 lei 3-5 săpt. | +29.82 lei 7-13 zile |
| Square Fish – 22 apr 2014 | 79.19 lei 3-5 săpt. |
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250040077
ISBN-10: 1250040078
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Square Fish
ISBN-10: 1250040078
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Square Fish
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Notă biografică
Marcus Sedgwick
Descriere
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What would you sacrifice for someone you've loved forever? Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, MIDWINTERBLOOD is a dark, breathtaking and cleverly crafted paranormal love story like no other, beautifully told in seven parts and spanning ten centuries. Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even though you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone even though you are meeting them for the first time?Eric and Merle loved and lost one another, and have been searching for each other through time ever since.
This novel comprises seven short stories and travels in time, from 2073 back to the days of Viking sagas. Across the different tales, the two souls appear as lovers, mother and son, brother and sister, and artist and child as they come close to finding each other before facing the ultimate sacrifice . .
Recenzii
Midwinterblood contains much that is riveting, strange and darkly enchanting. I read it in a single feverish sitting, late one evening, and drifted to sleep haunted by its vision of love and fate and history.
It is something of a cliché for a reviewer to claim he devoured a book in a single sitting, and I have to admit that is not the case here. I began "Midwinterblood" late one evening in bed, dreamed about it through the night and finished it early the next morning.
The Time Traveler's Wife meets Lost in this chilling exploration of love and memory.
This is a novel that demands to be read more than once because it is only at the conclusion of the seven interlinked episodic stories that the complexity of the novel's extraordinary story of doomed love becomes clear... Sedgwick is a fine writer and this hugely atmospheric and demanding book will satisfy adults too.
'I will live seven times and I will look for you and love you in each life. Will you follow?'
In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a ritual sacrifice takes place.
It echoes a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost. But can love last forever?
'Marcus Sedgwick is a true original; he writes with a spare, direct simplicity
all his own.'
Independent
www.orionbooks.co.uk
978 1 78062 020 6
£6.99
It is something of a cliché for a reviewer to claim he devoured a book in a single sitting, and I have to admit that is not the case here. I began "Midwinterblood" late one evening in bed, dreamed about it through the night and finished it early the next morning.
The Time Traveler's Wife meets Lost in this chilling exploration of love and memory.
This is a novel that demands to be read more than once because it is only at the conclusion of the seven interlinked episodic stories that the complexity of the novel's extraordinary story of doomed love becomes clear... Sedgwick is a fine writer and this hugely atmospheric and demanding book will satisfy adults too.
'I will live seven times and I will look for you and love you in each life. Will you follow?'
In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a ritual sacrifice takes place.
It echoes a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost. But can love last forever?
'Marcus Sedgwick is a true original; he writes with a spare, direct simplicity
all his own.'
Independent
www.orionbooks.co.uk
978 1 78062 020 6
£6.99