This book retells the fairy tale "East of Sun, West of Moon" with a Nordic twist. When a woodcutter's daughter with no name agrees to accompany a great white bear to his frozen castle in the North, she believes she has made a wise decision. After all, she will only have to stay for a year and a day, and her family will be freed from poverty forever.
Although she has every luxury she could want in the bear's castle, she feels more a prisoner than a guest. She can't stop wondering about the true nature of the castle and the white bear, even as all clues point to a terrifyingly dangerous answer.
The woodcutter's daughter can't resist her curiosity, and she creates a disaster that she can only solve by travelling east of the sun, and west of the moon. With magic, mystery, and a romantic echo of Beauty and the Beast, this book is perfect for fans of retold fairy tales.
Fantasy
Grades 8-12
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