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edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Sep 2013
ISBN:9781927068991
publisher: Thistledown Press

The Snow Queen

by Eileen Kernaghan

tagged: historical, fantasy & magic
Description

In this reworking of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the magical worlds of Saami shamanism and the Kalevala coexist with the polite Victorian society of nineteenth-century Scandanavia. At a time when traditional faith is challenged by modern science, the old pagan gods still haunt the northern forests. One of the novel's two heroines, Ritva, lives in this forest with her Saami shaman mother and robber-baron father until a cultured Danish teenager named Gerda is captured and brought to their camp. Gerda has embarked on a dangerous quest to rescue her friend Kai from the Snow Queen, an evil enchantress whose wintry palace lies far to the north. Their quest leads each of the young women to a fuller understanding of their possible roles in the world, and the need for each to find their individual futures on their own terms. Kernaghan blends fantasy and historical realism to create an enchanting, provocative story that will inspire readers of all ages.

"Kernaghan takes the bones of original fantasy and adds real period detail and strong characterization to create a vividly textured story." — SF Site Reviews

The Snow Queen was the winner of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, the Aurora, for best long-form work in English, and was short listed by the Canadian Library Association for Best Children's Book of the Year

About the Author
Eileen Kernaghan lives in New Westminster, British Columbia. The Snow Queen won the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, the Aurora, for best long-form work in English, and was short listed by the Canadian Library Association for Best Children's Book of the Year. Her earlier Grey Isle Trilogy won a silver medal for original paperback fiction from The West Coast Review of Books. Songs from the Drowned Lands won the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, while the third book in the series, The Sarsen Witch, was short listed for the same award. The experimental Dance of the Snow Dragon, a young adult fantasy novel with a Tibetan Buddhist background, was published in 1995 by Thistledown Press.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
13 to 16
Grade:
8 to 11

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