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The Way Past Winter
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The Way Past Winter is a riveting adventure about magic, an eternal winter, and one girl's unbreakable determination to reunite her family.
Mila, her sisters, and her brother, Oskar, live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow.
When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant him shelter for the night. But in the morning, the man is gone—and he's taken Oskar with them.
• Written by award-winning and internationally recognized author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Inspired by European folklore
• Middle grade novel that explores deeper topics—grief, inner strength, and the unbreakable bonds of family
Determined to save their brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the relentless, stinging freeze of winter.
The Way Past Winter is a classic adventure story in the vein of Phillip Pullman, Anne Ursu, and Kelly Barnhill that evokes the best of the middle grade fantasy genre.
• A beautifully written, smartly paced tale of riveting adventure with a focus on family
• Perfect for children ages 10 and up who love fantasy and magic
• You'll love this book if you love books like Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill.
Mila, her sisters, and her brother, Oskar, live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow.
When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant him shelter for the night. But in the morning, the man is gone—and he's taken Oskar with them.
• Written by award-winning and internationally recognized author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Inspired by European folklore
• Middle grade novel that explores deeper topics—grief, inner strength, and the unbreakable bonds of family
Determined to save their brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the relentless, stinging freeze of winter.
The Way Past Winter is a classic adventure story in the vein of Phillip Pullman, Anne Ursu, and Kelly Barnhill that evokes the best of the middle grade fantasy genre.
• A beautifully written, smartly paced tale of riveting adventure with a focus on family
• Perfect for children ages 10 and up who love fantasy and magic
• You'll love this book if you love books like Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill.
Author
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning, bestselling novelist. Her books have been translated into thirty languages. Her debut novel for adults, The Mercies, was featured on the New York Times 100 Most Notable Book, USA Today Best Books of 2020, and won international awards including a Betty Trask Award and the Prix Rive Gauche à Paris. The Dance Tree is her second novel.
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Reviews for The Way Past Winter
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In the fifth year of winter, Mila and her sisters wake up to find their brother has left. Sanna believes Oskar willingly left them, like their father once did, but Mila is convinced that Oskar was taken by last night’s unsettling visitors -- and is determined to rescue him.I didn’t find this as emotional and as compelling as Hargrave’s previous books. I don’t know if that’s because this is a simpler narrative or because I didn’t listen to the audio book -- a good narrator adds liveliness and emotion. But Hargrave’s prose is lovely and I liked the fairytale quality this story has. Some folk moved from their frozen land, but most stayed and, as people do, changed to fit their changed world. They changed their stories too. Gone were tellings of honey and plenty: tales became warnings, sharp as bee stings.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoyable for the strong female protagonist in Mila and strong supporting characters in Pipa and Rune, but too many repetitions of Mila's emotions roiling in her gut/stomach, gasping, hands tightening became annoying and distracted from the flow of the tale. And the father's remorse for destroying the heart-tree was forgiven too quickly. To me, he symbolized we humans tearing down the forests and destroying wildlife, and that is a huge problem not to be easily fixed. Yes, he promised to plant a new heart-tree, but one does not re-plant old-growth overnight. I would have wished for the father's revelation coming earlier in the book, with more time taken for remorse and the difficulty of restoration while building up to a reason for hope in all people coming together to help.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Amazing style and language but I felt the plot was too simplistic and let it down. Characters also felt unoriginal.
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