Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

from teacherddunn

A Scandanavian fairy tale (a version of Beauty and the Beast) brought to life. The protagonist is the youngest girl in the family whose parents don't name her. The setting is a rural Scandanavia of times past when the superstitions of troll and magical animals are realities. The protagaonist lear...

from WilowRaven

I have to say, it took me a few chapters to really get into this story. It very much has the feel of an old fairy tale. Our protagonist, un-named by her mother at birth, is called Lass by her affectionate older brother Hans Peter. They live together, with the rest of their large family, in the fr...

from rachelick

The lass's mother is so upset to see that she's borne another daughter that she refuses to name her. Nonetheless, the lass creates an identity for herself, with the help of her grieving brother. When a white bear asks for her to stay in a palace with him for a year and a day, she agrees to accomp...

from DeltaQueen50

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow is author Jessica Day George's take on the fairy story East of the Sun, West of the Moon. The author stays very close to the original story and adds more detail and depth to her version. As this was one of my all time favorite stories when I was a child, I was ready to ...

from MissClark

As far as retellings of fairy tales go, particularly "East o'Sun, West o'Moon," it is an excellent book. However,for me, it fell a little flat in the middle. That part, in every version I've read, has lost my interest. Nothing is really happening. People keep getting offed, and the Lass, inevitab...