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A mystical adventure into a wintry world of magic and mystery creates a life changing experience for a teenaged girl.
For the fans of Neil Gaiman and Roald Dahl's storytelling: a down-to-earth teen girl must get back home from the Otherworld before the fairytale dream turns into a nightmare.
Fourteen-year-old Anna has just moved to New York with her mother and stepfather, and she hates everything about her new life. After another argument with her mother, she defiantly sneaks out to ski in Riverside Park.
Much to her surprise she meets another cross-country skier, a boy about her own age, and follows him into a snow-covered magical Otherworld inhabited by the monstrous Wyssun and the Skiers who hunt them. Mistaken for a boy, Anna becomes trapped in the Wyssun' World.
Run by elves--and not the Keebler kind--it's a confusing and dangerous place. She has to unlock secret doors, make new friends, negotiate glaciers and battle tunnel-dwelling beasts, all the while trying to win the affection of the oblivious boy she likes and fend off the advances of a mysterious sorcerer she hates
As Anna struggles against the monstrous world, she fights the inner monsters as well. Before she discovers the truth about love, she has to learn the value of loss, only then can she find the way home.
"Print in the Snow: Anna's Adventure in the Wyssun World" by E.V. Svetova is a mystical adventure into a wintry world of magic and mystery creates a life changing experience for a teenaged girl.
Fourteen year old Anna's world has been tipped upside down. Her father died unexpectedly, and her mother quickly remarried a man who Anna isn't sure qualifies as stepfather material. Then she discovers their secret, which makes her feel betrayed.
After moving to a new house far from her friends and beloved ski team, she reaches her boiling point when the stress of unpacking, both literally and emotionally, becomes overwhelming. She sneaks off with her skis into the snow. And that is when her strange adventure begins.
Anna meets an extraordinary boy, a fellow skier. They quickly forge a friendship and she marvells at his apparent skills in the snow. There is something mysterious about him, and the friends he introduces her to. They are Skiers, a band of magical people who protect their world from a nefarious power.
Anna finds herself trapped within this mystical universe, and must fight alongside her new comrades to negate the presence of the monstrous enemy. In the meantime, she is catching feelings for the boy she first encountered, while fending off the disgusting affections of a gross older sorcerer.
Fighting inwardly with her own love, loss, and bitterness, Anna is also fighting for her life. When her crush is struck down by the enemy, she must face the consequences of her own reaction to turmoil.
Will love save the day? Or is all lost in the past? Anna discovers the truth in her own life while defending the world she has grown to accept, despite the horrific challenges.
This book reminds me of Neil Gaiman's "Underworld" and L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz." It is a perfect enthralling read for fans of fairy tales and stories with parallell universes.
The language and subject matter makes it appropriate for all ages, particularly teens.
E.V. Svetova has once again succeeded in creating a magical story that will be beloved by all who read it.
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Synopsis
For the fans of Neil Gaiman and Roald Dahl's storytelling: a down-to-earth teen girl must get back home from the Otherworld before the fairytale dream turns into a nightmare.
Fourteen-year-old Anna has just moved to New York with her mother and stepfather, and she hates everything about her new life. After another argument with her mother, she defiantly sneaks out to ski in Riverside Park.
Much to her surprise she meets another cross-country skier, a boy about her own age, and follows him into a snow-covered magical Otherworld inhabited by the monstrous Wyssun and the Skiers who hunt them. Mistaken for a boy, Anna becomes trapped in the Wyssun' World.
Run by elves--and not the Keebler kind--it's a confusing and dangerous place. She has to unlock secret doors, make new friends, negotiate glaciers and battle tunnel-dwelling beasts, all the while trying to win the affection of the oblivious boy she likes and fend off the advances of a mysterious sorcerer she hates
As Anna struggles against the monstrous world, she fights the inner monsters as well. Before she discovers the truth about love, she has to learn the value of loss, only then can she find the way home.
About the author
E. V. Svetova studied psychology as an undergrad and received her Master’s from NYU. She lives at the edge of the last natural forest on the island of Manhattan with her husband, a digital artist, sharing their old apartment with an ever-expanding library and a spoiled English bulldog. view profile
Published on July 10, 2021
Published by Ananke Press
30000 words
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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