We’re heading to Greenland on a ship helmed by an ale-sotted captain named Thor! East by Edith Pattou is a gorgeous retelling of Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon. At turns poetic and action-packed, both gentle and bracing, this is a lovely book about finding joy in all the little particulars of living out daily life, wrapped in a sweeping fairy tale. Our protagonist Rose seeks the mysterious white bear (who is most definitely not just a bear) whom she spent a year living with in a stone castle - until the troll queen showed up. Her journey takes her across freezing lands and near-impassible bridges, through weeks-long blizzards and ice forests, into Niflheim itself. Brush off your 16th century Norwegian and join us!

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