Blue Window, Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Blue Window, Adina Rishe Gewirtz
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Blue Window

Author: Adina Rishe Gewirtz

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith, Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

Falling through the window of their family's cozy house into a dark and bitter world, riven by sectarian violence and struggle, five siblings search for a way out—and discover extraordinary talents deep within themselves on their path toward love.When siblings Susan, Max, Nell, Kate, and Jean suddenly find themselves in a completely foreign world, they are thrust into a fascinating adventure. An ancient prophecy leads them into a war between mysterious forces, and as they try desperately to remain united and find their way home, the society crumbling around them demands their attention and yet threatens to tear them apart.Elaborately told from alternating perspectives with exquisite attention to each character's voice, the story follows Max, Nell, Kate, and Susan as they strive to make sense of their stunning predicament in their own ways. A fantastical dystopian tale filled with nuanced looks at morality, sibling relationships, and the meaning of home, this daring novel, by the extraordinary author of Zebra Forest, explores the essence of what it means to be human and what holds a society together.

About Adina Rishe Gewirtz

Adina Rishe Gewirtz is the author of Zebra Forest, her critically acclaimed debut novel. She has worked as a freelance journalist, a tutor to high-school students, and a writing consultant. About Blue Window, she says: “I spent much of my own childhood reading science fiction, mostly Isaac Asimov, and had not been exposed to the great classics of fantasy until I was a mother. When my older kids were small, I read them C. S. Lewis’s Narnia series and absolutely fell in love with it. What fascinated me most was how many big ideas Lewis packed into his story and how easily even young readers understood those big ideas. What makes someone good? What is this idea we call evil? If someone makes mistakes, even sides with evil, can he or she come back from it? We had some fascinating talks about that.” Today, Adina Rishe Gewirtz coaches writers and spends most of her time at her first love, fiction writing. She lives just outside Washington, D.C.

Reviews

Goodreads review by catherine ♡ on March 18, 2018

I actually enjoyed a lot of this book, and I thought that the premise was very interesting! It felt a bit like a mix between Narnia and Oz, with a darker twist. I did feel like the book was something that I'd read before, but nevertheless it was a fun read. I did have a little trouble with the charac......more

Goodreads review by Katie on April 04, 2018

Every once in a great while, a children’s book appears that has the requisite magic to enthrall its young readers and the philosophical depth and richness to teach them profound lessons about how to undermine the corruption of a damaged world. Blue Window is one such book. In its spellbinding narrat......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 19, 2018

One winter's night, five siblings looked out a window in their living room, noticed it was unusually blue even for dusk, and one by one, Susan, Max, Nell, Kate, and Jean tumbled through into another world. Day after day, they had to learn to fight for survival in this strange new world where people'......more

Goodreads review by Jackie on December 19, 2017

In what reminded me of The Chronicles of Narnia with shades of Coraline, “Blue Window” is a novel that transports you out of reality and into a world where things aren’t as they seem. Told in a collection of alternating point of view, shared between the siblings in a way that almost represents the c......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 06, 2018

Caught between Narnia and Wrinkle in Time five children are prophesied to save a world in another dimension. This book reminded me of The Knife of Never Letting Go series by Patrick Ness, but didn’t do as good of job of creating a believable world. There wasn’t enough explanation and way too much wa......more

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