
Winter's Fire: Volume 2
Anthony Peckham(Author)
Atheneum (Publisher)
Published on 21. January 2025
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-6659-1316-4 (ISBN)
Description
Tell and Wren flee Halfway only to face their village's wrath in this second book in the middle grade fantasy series that's Howl's Moving Castle meets Christopher Paolini!
Siblings Tell and Wren barely escaped the treacherous city of Halfway with their lives, two new friends, and an unconscious sorcerer. With a massive bounty on their heads if they ever return, Tell and Wren have no choice but to return to their village...despite the punishment surely awaiting them for venturing outside their icy mountain home.
But treacherous power plays brew amongst the Villagers, and our heroes once again find themselves in the middle of a civil war, one that takes an almost deadly toll on the siblings. It also reveals an astonishing secret about Wren: she has magic, powerful magic. This startling revelation, combined with disturbing dreams that plague Rumi, drag the four back into Halfway, the very place they're forbidden from entering upon penalty of death.
Siblings Tell and Wren barely escaped the treacherous city of Halfway with their lives, two new friends, and an unconscious sorcerer. With a massive bounty on their heads if they ever return, Tell and Wren have no choice but to return to their village...despite the punishment surely awaiting them for venturing outside their icy mountain home.
But treacherous power plays brew amongst the Villagers, and our heroes once again find themselves in the middle of a civil war, one that takes an almost deadly toll on the siblings. It also reveals an astonishing secret about Wren: she has magic, powerful magic. This startling revelation, combined with disturbing dreams that plague Rumi, drag the four back into Halfway, the very place they're forbidden from entering upon penalty of death.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fifth Grade to Ninth Grade, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
f-c jacket (fx: Kurz Luxor 351 copper foil + embossing on matte film); digital
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6659-1316-4 (9781665913164)
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Anthony Peckham
Winter's Fire
E-Book
01/2025
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
€8.89
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Person
Anthony (Tony) Peckham is a South African-born screenwriter, surfer, and farmer who now lives on an island in the Pacific. Decades ago, while exploring a remote, high-altitude landscape with his children, he came upon a mountain made of black glass which inspired his debut novel. His other work includes Clint Eastwood's Invictus and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. He is a Writers Guild of America Award winner and an NAACP Image Award nominee. Tony is the author of the Children of the Black Glass middle grade series. You can find him online at AnthonyPeckham.com.