{"product_id":"wide-as-the-wind-paperback-3","title":"Wide as the Wind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Stanton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWide as the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e is the winner of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, the 2017 Silver Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction - Historical\/Cultural, and the 2018 silver Feathered Quill Award for Teen Fiction. \u003cem\u003eWide as the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e was also honored in the 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards in Green Books\/Environmental.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of a boy, a girl, their island, and how they saved it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWide as the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novel to deal with the stunning, tragic history of Easter Island (Vait a). It could be described as quest fiction for all ages in the line of Tolkien's \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e, but it is set in the real world, not Middle-earth. \u003cem\u003eWide as the Wind \u003c\/em\u003eportrays Polynesian journeys across the Pacific Ocean in canoes with no metal parts or instruments: the greatest adventure in human prehistory, as bold as modern space voyages (\u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vait a is ravaged by war, hunger and destruction, it falls upon Miru, the fifteen-year-old son of a tribal warrior, to sail to a distant island to find the seeds and shoots of trees that could reforest their homeland. If he decides to undertake the voyage, he must leave behind Kenet a, a young woman from an enemy tribe with whom he has fallen deeply in love. And if Miru and his crew survive the storms, sharks and marauding ships that await them on a passage over uncharted ocean, an even greater mission would lie ahead. They must show their people that devotion to the earth and sea can be as strong as war and hatred. \u003cem\u003eWide as the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e is both a stirring novel of discovery and a prophetic tale for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395850944761,"sku":"9781941799383","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b2dlUzdvWXdCTnJ5ZnRWOEdRc3Btdz09_32b7eb3c-3049-436f-a719-bde730b31e5f.webp?v=1770272166","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wide-as-the-wind-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}