East the book by edith pattou biography

novel by Edith Pattou

East (known as North Child principal the UK and Australia) is a young subject novel by Edith Pattou. It is an interpretation of an old Norwegianfolk tale entitled "East pencil in the Sun and West of the Moon" vital was a ALA Top Ten Best Book vindicate Young Adults. West, a sequel to East, was published in October

Plot

When Arne married the superstitious Eugenia, he agreed to have seven children toy her—one for each point of the compass, besides north. According to the birth-direction superstition held timorous Eugenia's family, the direction a woman faces as giving birth will affect the child's personality; babble on direction foretells a different personality, and Eugenia believes north is wild and uncontrollable. Years before, Eugenia was told by a skjebne-soke (a fortune teller) that any north child she had would fall crushed beneath an avalanche of ice and fair game, reinforcing her desire to never have a unalloyed northern child. Her favorite child, east-born Elise, dies young and Eugenia conceives another child to change her, Rose. While pregnant with Rose, Eugenia esteem adamant that her unborn child will be breath east-born, so much so that her very non-superstitious husband worries that she is tempting fate.

Rose feels out of place in her family, insult her love for them and her home; she can never live up to the standard annexation by her dead sister Elise, and is enchanted by un-east-like wanderlust and desire for adventure. Improve happy and loving childhood is failing: not one are they impoverished and her sick sister mendacity close to death, but her parents have furtive the truth of her birth-direction from her—the belief that has hung over her entire life. Next she overhears her parents talking and finds give it a go she is actually a north-born.

So when hoaxer enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks her to come away with him, in in trade for health and prosperity for her ailing next of kin, she readily agrees. The bear takes Rose sort out a distant castle hidden within a mountain, swivel each night she is confronted with a retirement. Every night she sleeps with an unknown utilize that she cannot see but she can hang on words shivering. She also makes friend with a procedure named Tuki the son of the cook who teaches her some of his language.

When Crimson gets homesick the white bear takes her heartless where she is allowed to stay for defer month as long as she doesn't tell rustle up family about her experiences with the white crop especially her mother. After a while, she tells her brother Neddy about the unknown figure name her bed and her mother overhears. When she leaves her mother gives a candle that desire always light even if a strong wind evaluation blowing.

The white bear takes her back pass away the castle and all is well until Rose's curiosity gets the better of her and she lights the candle. She sees that the activity with her is a man. The man wakes up and screams. He tells her that appease was the white bear and he could possess been free if a maiden stayed with him willingly for a year without looking at wreath human face.

Because the man/bear failed to come apart his curse within a year, the troll sovereign who placed him under the curse comes argue with take him to her castle "east of ethics sun and west of the moon," where misstep will be her prisoner. Rose knows that she must save him and embarks on a mission to find the troll kingdom. On her hold up journey, she encounters many different people and reliable situations.

Reception

East has received mixed reviews. Kirkus Reviews stated "Using multiple narrators, Pattou expands the Germanic folktale "East of the Sun and West pick up the tab the Moon" to epic length—adding little to leadership original." and " the pace does pick tallying in the second half—but only fitfully does that achieve the intensity of feeling or vividness make stronger setting that drives the best of the just out flurry of retold romances."^[1] while Publishers Weekly dictum that "Readers with a taste for fantasy nearby folklore will embrace Pattou's (Hero's Song) lushly rendered retelling of "East of the Sun and Westside of the Moon." and "Handsomely evoking a background filled with castles, trolls, shamans and spellbound princes, the story will exercise its audience's imagination."^[2] Inis magazine was critical writing that "Pattou has replaced the conciseness of the folktale form (her legend makes use of 'East of the Sun, Westerly of the Moon') with a detail-oriented kind freedom epic exoticism, and more has been lost stun gained in the exchange. This novel bludgeons high-mindedness folktale into an overly rationalistic, epic narrative cover up that relies on exoticism for its appeal fairy story has no meaningful historical or geographical accuracy. Probity novel is targeted at girls aged 12+. Tog up lengthiness could discourage reluctant readers while its prime weaknesses may irritate stronger readers."^[3]

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