Journeys Exploring Space Travel, Laura Waxman: Trade Book Grade 2, (Paperback)

from francescadefreitas

This story of East of the Sun, West of the Moon was just wonderful. The sense of time and place, even of cold, was so strong, I felt I was visiting the characters. The different viewpoints were well differentiated and added tension and depth of emotion to the tale. Delightful writing.

from emperatrix

From beginning to end, I was enchanted by the novel and could not put it down! I was almost sad to reach the end and know that the story was over, but like the best of fairy tales, I know that this is a story that I will return to again and again. ~*~spoiler alert~*~ East begins with the mysterio...

from leore_joanne

What a lovely book! I enjoyed it so much, it was such a light breeze of a book, fun with beautiful descriptions of cold views, and with all this unknown mythology. I'm sure that I would have been much more wild about this book would I have read it when I was, say - twelve, but I liked it very muc...

from patricia_poland

A delicously satisfying young adult novel. Good twist on the "Beauty & the Beast" fairytale. A mapmaker & his superstitious wife have 7 children, each born facing a direction of a compass. Rose, a child conceived to take the place of a dead child, is born facing North--the one point her mother re...

from MistressDebrina

I absolutely adored this book! It is a real keeper - full of magic, spinning, weaving, castles, polar bears, ice, travel, funny, feisty, adorable and frightening characters! I adored it for the beauty of its storytelling and the magic of its ending. I implore you to read it! It's gorgeous!!