Windswept

An adequately charming children's novel. Oh - I mean utterly! Windswept by Margi Preus has much to recommend it. Quaint characters, unique premise, a quality of fairytale nostalgia. Furthermore, I must express my envy in that it is the sort of climate aware children's novel that I dream of writing, a......more

Unsurprisingly, there are things to like here. But people complain about The Ogress and the Orphans being overbearing in its messages. I thought the didactic allegory of this book weighed even more heavily than in Ogress.......more

Ugh. I hate starting a book, loving it, and then growing in disappointment as the conflict, climax, and resolution don’t live up to the introduction. I really loved the premise of this book— dystopian/fairytale blend where children are being windswept in exchange for currency according to the dictate......more

I thoroughly enjoyed Windswept! The characters were quirky and funny, and I especially liked Boots, who could climb anything. The pacing was good, and I loved some of the imagery from the storms to the trash to the mountainous caves in the end. I also found the relationship between the children and......more

Tag-a-long, or Tag for short, has never known anything except the inside of her home and the good-natured fun of her older sisters surrounding her, until one day when the dreaded winds come and take away her sisters. The youngers, or children, are not allowed to go outside, and Tag watches as her si......more