AN ADVENTUROUS ECO-THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S AUTHOR VICTORIA WILLIAMSON
On a remote Scottish island, fourteen-year-old Max’s life changes forever when he loses his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his new life and finding it hard to adapt in school, he begins to notice other — even stranger — changes taking place when a new wind farm appears off the island’s coast.
With the help of three school friends with additional support needs, Max discovers that a sinister scientist, Doctor Ashwood, is using wind turbines to experiment on the islanders. They must find a way to shut down the government’s secret test before it spins out of control…
- Genre: MIddle Grade, Young adult, mystery
- Length: 250 pages
- Published: September 2023
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62027879-war-of-the-wind
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Wind-Victoria-Williamson/dp/191110750X/
Victoria Williamson is an award-winning author who grew up in Scotland surrounded by hills, books, and an historical farm estate which inspired many of her early adventure stories and spooky tales. After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, she set out on her own real-life adventures, which included teaching maths and science in Cameroon, training teachers in Malawi, teaching English in China and working with children with additional support needs in the UK. Victoria currently works part time writing KS2 books for the education company Twinkl and spends the rest of her time writing novels, and visiting schools, libraries and literary festivals to give author talks and run creative writing workshops.
Victoria’s previous novels include The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle, The Boy with the Butterfly Mind, Hag Storm, and War of the Wind. She has won the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award 2020/2021, The YA-aldi Glasgow Secondary School Libraries Book Award 2023, and has been shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2023, The Leeds Book Awards 2023, the Red Book Award 2023, the James Reckitt Hull Book Awards 2021, The Trinity School Book Awards 2021, and longlisted for the ABA South Coast Book Awards 2023, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020, and the Branford Boase Award 2019.
Her latest novel, The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams, is a middle grade fantasy inspired by classic folklore. Twenty percent of the author royalties for this book are donated to CharChar Literacy, an organisation working to improve children’s literacy levels in Malawi.
You can find out more about Victoria’s books, school visits and free resources for schools on her website: www.strangelymagical.com
This sounds like a great middle-grade read. I like that the protagonist has a disability that doesn’t hold him back from solving the mystery. Poor wind farms being used as weapons – sigh.
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I like that too. I’ve read one book by the author and she’s an exceptional writer.
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This sounds like a truly engaging middle-grade story, and I love the cover! 🙂
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I think so too! I was supposed to read and review it but there was a bit of a mix up. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to read it soon!
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Ooh, this sounds scary-good! And it relates to current events, which add to the creep factor, lol
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That is very true. I’ve read one other book by the author and she’s not afraid to go to the creepy corners of a story.
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