The Last Windwitch
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Fans of Shannon Hale and Kelly Barnhill will delight in this charming and richly imagined middle grade fantasy debut, featuring a wicked queen, magical animals, a henchman with a golden heart, and a small girl with a great destiny.
Many years ago, in the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, there was a powerful Windwitch who wove the seasons, keeping the land bountiful and the people happy. But then a dark magic drove her from the realm, and the world fell into chaos.
Brida is content in her small village of Oak Hollow. There, she’s plenty occupied trying to convince her fickle magic to actually do what it’s meant to in her work as a hedgewitch’s apprentice—until she accidentally catches the attention of the wicked queen.
On the run from the queen’s huntsman and her all-seeing Crow spies, Brida discovers the truth about her family, her magic, and who she is destined to be—and that she may hold the power to defeating the wicked queen and setting the kingdom right again.
But with a wicked queen hunting her and a power she can barely control, will she be the hero her kingdom needs?
Coming of Age Story: Follow Brida, a hedgewitch’s apprentice who discovers the truth about her own mysterious past and the great destiny that awaits her.Elemental Magic: A world filled with incredible magical creatures, from elemental stormhorses that control the weather to the all-seeing Crow spies of the wicked queen.Animal Companions: A heartwarming bond between a girl and her pony, Burdock, who is more than just a friend—he’s a partner in her daring escape.Epic Fantasy for Kids: A richly imagined quest across the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, where a lone girl must find the courage to stand against a powerful dark magic and save her people.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An intriguing setting, an interesting magical system, and a resourceful, empathic heroine mark this ambitious fantasy debut by Adam. Brida, 12 and good with horses, is finding it difficult to master the hedge magic she's learning from her mentor, hedge witch Mother Magdi, who took her in as an infant. After she hears a forbidden story of mythical stormhorses that embody uncontrollable aspects of weather, then spots them, she determines to prove her worth to the tiny village she calls home by getting to the bottom of their destructive rampages. But her efforts place her in the path of the wicked Queen Moira, who seeks the stormhorses for her own unfathomable ends. Captured by the Queen's Huntsman and brought to the capital city, Brida learns more of the ways in which magic manifests and is used—from hedge magic to ruthlessly outlawed sacred spells to sinister shadow magic—and the relationship between her family and myriad magical forms. While the leisurely, sprawling epic occasionally meanders, Adam succeeds in bringing everything together, emphasizing forgiveness and healing over vengeance and anger. Ages 8–12.
