A great poetic book, with really good pictures, it has a wintery feel and would be great to cosy up with in the colder months.
This is not at all like the books I normally read, but it was great and I really enjoyed reading it. It tells the story of Fia through poetry (not the rhyming kind) so the language is very poetic, but the story is still very clear, interesting and exciting. Fia must bring back the sun to save her village from eternal winter. The village wants to sacrifice her snow deer and she needs to go on a journey to bring back sun so that Solas (the snow deer) is safe. The story is also about the sacrifices she has to make.
The pictures are great - it is all in grey (black/white) and yellow with the amount of yellow building through the final part of the book adding to the tension and the whole experience of reading the book. It inspired me to read more different kinds of books. I highly recommend reading this, it has a wintery feel and would be great to cosy up with in the colder months.
A beautiful book about a wintery journey.
In a time long ago, it is always winter. Everyone in Fia's settlement is hungry, worried and desperate for spring to come again. They think they should sacrifice Solas, the last snow deer, in order to ensure spring's return.
Fia is upset at the idea of her deer being sacrificed in this way, but her Grandmother, who is the village shaman, tells her to make a journey to find the Deer Mother.
Fia, the Deer and her cousin Mish who comes with her on the journey face many hardships, including wolves, hunger and evil shadows.
An interesting thing about the story is that it's written entirely in poetry. I was worried at first that I wouldn't understand what was going on, but I thought it worked really well; it made the story more atmospheric and memorable. The book is beautiful- it's filled with lovely pictures - and uses colour really imaginatively as they get closer to the end of their journey. The book made me feel quite sad but hopeful, and I enjoyed reading it a lot.
A beautiful legend of Fia and her friend the last snow deer. The amazing pictures show the story of their fight to reclaim the summer sun. Will they get to the Deer Mother in times before the solstice?
This book is a legend of Fia journeying to try and get back the summer for her people before the solstice ends. She is travelling with her cousin and the last snow deer. The snow deer is her good friend that she will have to let go in order to save the summer sun. They are trying to find the Deer Mother to bring back the summer. The story is a little bit like a poem in how it is written on the page. There are beautiful pictures that show you the light and dark in Fia's story. It makes a picture in my head well as I read it.
A quick and easy read I could not put this down.
I thought this book was really good I stayed up all night reading this it was so hard to put down. My favourite character was the Deer Mother and my favourite part was when Fia finally gets to go out on her own. I recommend this book to anyone who is 6-10 years of age because it is easy to read and you never get bored of reading it, it has values which I can relate and live by.