Midwinterblood
by Marcus Sedgwick is $2.99 for ebook format as part of Amazon's The Big Deal: Kindle Books Up to 85% Off
through 11/23/14. The book won the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and uses folklore themes to tell its story. The Booklist reviewer says "it is about the mutability of folktales."
Book description:
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined—this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice.
An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
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