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A Winter's Tale

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By Gail Sidonie Šobat| Published by Great Plains Publications

  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • Suspense
  • Thriller
  • Fiction

An incredible combination of magic and friendship


A Winter's Tale continues the story of Ingamald, a young woman destined to be a powerful witch in a pre-industrial world known as Hinterlund. A fearmonger in the person of Morton Winter has bought himself into power and works to control the largely illiterate populace.

His oppression is absolute as he puts a halt to learning and outlaws any who work in the arcane arts. Ingamald her magical rabblerouser friends are threatened with torture and death. She takes drastic and sometimes magical action, and through her wits and disguises plots Winter’s demise.

Second in this YA series, A Winter’s Tale explores personal and social responsibility through the strong minor characters and especially the strong female heroine. Gail, a specialist in Children’s Literature, plots another tale in this series that capers and dallies with language and detail aimed at Jr/Sr high and gifted readers.

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Awards & accolades
Selected for the 2004 TD Canadian Children's Book Week Tour.

Selected for inclusion in Our Choice 2005

Awarded by The Canadian Children's Book Centre

Nominated for a White Pine Award

Reviews

"Using language rich in dialect and mystic words and phrases, Sobat weaves italicized segments and poetry into her prose delineating Ingamald's "arcane art" in mystical sequences. The skillfully detailed descriptions of Hinterlund's landscape and culture and the powerful imagery provide a strong foundation around which the plot revolves....Targeted at older readers, A Winter's Tale should engage fans of the genre and have them look forward to Sobat's final volume of Ingamald's journey." - CM (Volume XI Number 6 . . . .November 12, 2004)

"Stunning fantasy by a rising YA novelist." - Canadian Children's Book News

"A sequel to Sobat's first novel...A Winter's Tale can stand alone....[Sobat's] expansive vocabulary is refreshing and the book's intriguing ending is so innovative that it encourages readers to gather more clues from the novel - and read it again." - Calgary Herald

"It is very rare to see such beautiful and poetic prose in books for adolescents. Her choice of diction and use of accents adds a unique flavour to her novel, allowing the reader to truly feel as if they have been transported back to a distant world still filled with magic. Yet, A Winter's Tale is very much a modern story, reflecting the struggles each of us might have over the meaning of right and wrong." - Children's Book News

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