War of the Wind
by Victoria Williamson
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Pub Date Sep 23 2022 | Archive Date Jun 04 2024
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Description
A Financial Times Book of the Year
Nominated for The Yoto Carnegies Medal for Writing 2024
Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Prize in 2023
An award-winning climate fiction novel that explores unlikely friendships as a group of children with disabilities find themselves at the heart of an eco-mystery.
On a remote Scottish island, 14-year-old Max’s life is changed forever when he loses his hearing in a boating accident. He has to navigate a new silent world alone—even his parents don’t understand that wearing a hearing aid doesn’t mean he can hear clearly. On top of that, he’s placed in a special educational needs class surrounded by kids he once picked on.
When people start acting strangely and Max’s hearing aid picks up odd sounds from a new wind farm off the coast, he suspects a sinister scientist is using wind turbines to experiment on the islanders. Could being different be an advantage? Max enlists the help of his classmates to shut down the government’s secret test before it spins out of control…
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781911107507 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Charis N, Reviewer
This book is a great disability representation, especially for the deaf community, but it being an eco-thriller felt really out of place. I felt so engaged with the main character and his struggles with his family and his disability, but when it came to the mad scientist and the windmills that were turning everyone crazy, that's where it lost me.
Honestly, though, I would recommend this book solely for the main character's arc. How he accepts his disability and reconnects with his family is an engaging narrative. Just... the rest isn't.
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