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Rose has always felt out of place in her family. So when an enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks her to come away with him, she readily agrees. The bear takes Rose to a distant castle, where each night she is confronted with a mystery. In solving that mystery, she finds love, discovers her purpose, and realizes her travels have only just begun.

As fresh and original as only the best fantasy can be, East is a novel retelling of the classic tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," told in the tradition of Robin McKinley and Gail Carson Levine.

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Overview

Rose has always felt out of place in her family. So when an enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks her to come away with him, she readily agrees. The bear takes Rose to a distant castle, where each night she is confronted with a mystery. In solving that mystery, she finds love, discovers her purpose, and realizes her travels have only just begun.

As fresh and original as only the best fantasy can be, East is a novel retelling of the classic tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," told in the tradition of Robin McKinley and Gail Carson Levine.

A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.

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"A rich tapestry that will resonate with readers . . . . epic tale telling." (starred review)

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Readers with a taste for fantasy and folklore will embrace Pattou's (Hero's Song) lushly rendered retelling of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." In an old Norwegian village, a highly superstitious mother tries to protect her youngest child, Rose, from a dire prophecy; as the various characters take turns narrating the story, it is readily apparent that no one else takes the superstitions seriously. Nevertheless, Rose is "different" in many ways, from her purple eyes to her passion for weaving, which leads her to make a cloak patterned with a "wind rose" (a mapmaker's symbol indicating the direction of the winds)She also seems to attract the attention of a white bear, and when the bear finally approaches her, offering to make her poor family prosper and to restore her ill sister's health if Rose will come away with him, she finds the offer impossible to resist. Pattou unfolds her story slowly and carefully, luring readers across many miles with the brave and determined Rose. Handsomely evoking a landscape filled with castles, trolls, shamans and spellbound princes, the story will exercise its audience's imagination. Ages 12-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780152052218
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 5/1/2005
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 528
  • Sales rank: 115,232
  • Age range: 12 years
  • Lexile: 0900L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.31 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 1.19 (d)

Meet the Author

EDITH PATTOU is the author of the two novels to date in the Songs of Eirren series: Hero's Song and Fire Arrow, a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel of the Year, as well as Mrs. Spitzer's Garden, a picture book illustrated by Tricia Tusa. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Once on a time there was a poor farmer with many children.

Father

EBBA ROSE WAS THE NAME of our last-born child. Except it was a lie. Her name should have been Nyamh Rose. But everyone called her Rose rather than Ebba, so the lie didn't matter. At least, that is what I told myself.

The Rose part of her name came from the symbol that lies at the center of the wind rose-which is fitting because she was lodged at the very center of my heart.

I loved each of her seven brothers and sisters, but I will admit there was always something that set Rose apart from the others. And it wasn't just the way she looked.

She was the hardest to know of my children, and that was because she would not stay still. Every time I held her as a babe, she would look up at me, intent, smiling with her bright purple eyes. But soon, and always, those eyes would stray past my shoulder, seeking the window and what lay beyond.

Rose's first gift was a small pair of soft boots made of reindeer hide. They were brought by Torsk, a neighbor, and as he fastened them on Rose's tiny feet with his large calloused hands, I saw my wife, Eugenia, frown. She tried to hide it, turning her face away.

Torsk did not see the frown but looked up at us, beaming. He was a widower with grown sons and a gift for leatherwork. Eager to show off his handiwork and unmindful of the difficult circumstances of Eugenia's recent birthing, he had been the first to show up on our doorstep.

Most of our neighbors were well aware of how superstitious Eugenia was. They also knew that a baby's first gift was laden with meaning. But cheerful, large-handed Torsk paid no heed to this. He just gazed down at the small soft boots on Rose's feet and looked ready to burst with pride.

"The fit is good," he observed with a wide smile.

I nodded and then said, with a vague thought of warning him,"'Tis Rose's first gift."

His smile grew even wider. "Ah, this is good." Then a thought penetrated his head. "She will be a traveler, an explorer!" he said with enthusiasm. So he did know of the first-gift superstition after all.

This time Eugenia did not attempt to hide the frown that creased her face, and I tensed, fearing what she might say. Instead she reached down and straightened one of the boot ties. "Thank you, neighbor Torsk," she said through stiff lips. Her voice was cold, and a puzzled look passed over the big man's face.

I stepped forward and, muttering something about Eugenia still being weak, ushered Torsk to the door.

"Was there something wrong with the boots?" he asked, bewildered.

"No, no," I reassured him. "They are wonderful. Eugenia is tired, that is all. And you know mothers-they like to keep their babes close. She's not quite ready for the notion of little Rose wandering the countryside."

Nor would she ever be. Though I did not say that to neighbor Torsk.

That night after we had pried Neddy from Rose's basket and gotten all the children to sleep, Eugenia said to me, "Didn't Widow Hautzig bring over a crock of butter for the baby?"

"She was only returning what you loaned her," I said.

"No, it was for Ebba Rose. Her first gift, I'm quite sure." Her voice was definite.

Eugenia did like to keep her children close, but it turned out she wanted to keep Rose closest of all. And that had everything to do with the circumstances of Rose's birth.

Neddy

OUR FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS poor. My grandfather Esbjorn Lavrans had a well-respected mapmaking business, and my father's father was a prosperous farmer. But Father had a falling-out with his family when he went to Bergen to be an apprentice to the mapmaker Esbjorn. My mother, Eugenia, was Esbjorn's daughter, which is how Father met her.

Father and Mother had eight children. Rose was the last-born and I was second to last, four years old when they brought Rose home from Askoy Forest. Some would say four is too young to remember, but I definitely have memories. Lots of them. I remember her smell, like warm milk and soft green moss. I remember the noises she'd make-gurgling like the creek we later took to calling Rosie's Creek because she fell into it so often; the clicking she made with her tongue, like a wren pecking at our chimney; the howls of frustration when she kept toppling over while learning to walk. Not that it took her long. She was running around on her short legs at just five months.

I also remember clearly the evening Mother and Father came home from an afternoon of herb hunting, and instead of herbs they were carrying a lumpy bundle that made funny noises.

My older brothers and sisters had been worried about Mother and Father because there had been a storm and they were much later than usual returning. I told everyone not to worry, that they had gone out to bring home the baby and that's why they were so late getting home.

My older sister Selme laughed. "Mother is still more than a month away from her lying-in time," she said. "And besides, everyone knows you can't just go pluck babies out of Askoy Forest," she added with a superior look.

But it turned out I was right after all.

When they finally came through the door, Mother looked very pale and sat down as soon as she could, holding the noisy thing on her lap. The others crowded around, but I hung back, waiting. When they'd all looked long enough, Father led me to Mother's side. When I gazed at the little scrunched-up face, I felt a peculiar glow of pride. Like I'd done something good. I knew it was Mother who'd brought this baby into the world (and she certainly looked worn out from doing it), but from that moment I felt like the wild little brown-haired baby was my very own gift-and that it would be my job to watch over her.

If I had known just how wild a thing she would turn out to be, I might have thought twice about taking her on. It's a funny thing. I think it was Mother and I who had the hardest time with Rose's wandering ways. But we both had different ways of living with it. Mother tried always to reel her in. To keep her close by. But for me, I knew it couldn't be done, so I just ached and felt sorry for myself when she'd disappear. That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door.

But you also get kind of used to it.

Rose

I COULD SAY THAT I FELT guilty and ashamed about the trouble I was always getting into when I was a child, driving my mother to her wit's end on a daily basis. But the truth is I never did feel either of those things.

I don't think it's because I was selfish or unfeeling. I just couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. What was a little spilled blood or a broken bone now and then?

I never set out to be disobedient. I just couldn't keep my thoughts, and then my feet, still. I'd see something-the azure flash of a butterfly's wing, a formation of clouds like a ship's mast and sails, a ripe yellow apple perched high in a tree-and I'd be off after it without a second thought.

Exploring ran in my blood. My grandfather Esbjorn was a mapmaker as well as an explorer. And my great-great-grandfather was one of the first Njordens to travel to Constantinople.

The only thing that gave me the slightest twinge of sadness was Neddy, with his exasperated, sorry-for-himself look when he found me after yet another time I'd run off without telling anyone.

"But I saw this rabbit with a tail so white it glowed," I'd try to explain (when I was old enough to put words to my feelings).

Neddy would just sigh and say that Mother wanted me in the kitchen straightaway.

"I'm sorry, Neddy," I'd say, wrapping my arms around his legs, watching the corners of his mouth for the smile I always managed to squeeze out of him. And then I'd go to the kitchen and Mother would scold me yet again.

Copyright © 2003 by Edith Pattou

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  • Posted July 30, 2011

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    Priceless....

    This book is wonderful. A beautiful fairy tale that I didn't want to end. It transported me back to when I was young and obsessed with Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. The story is told in many different voices: Rose, the heroine; the white bear, the troll queen, Neddy, etc. Rose is a strong heroine risking life and limb to undo a horrible slight. She never quits. The white bear speaks in poetry, and one almost can pity the troll queen; she can't help that her love is evil; it's still her way to love. I highly recommend this book, and it is promptly going on my favorite list. I will be purchasing Edith Pattou's other books. Her writing touched my heart.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted August 21, 2011

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    EPIC FAIRY TALE FANTASY

    Very cool story. Very well written.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 12, 2009

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    best adventurous story in the world

    this book tells the best story. rose has a mother who is so annoying, and just annoys everyone in the family. rose goes on a great adventure with a polar bear and explores the world, thats filled with different creatures and animals. it's alot of action, adventure, and romance in this book. i mean the polar bear is also a metal man. then he turns into a human.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 20, 2008

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    You'll want to read it again, and again.

    This book is one of my all time favorites. I totally fell in love with the characters, and I think you will too. The lead character is strong and believable, and the white bear is pefectly tragic. The writing style is gripping, so make sure you have the time to finish it in one sitting! I especially love how the story is told by different characters, they never lose their individual voices, but sometimes the flow of the story can be cut off by switching over to someone else. However, the research involed in this book more than makes up for it. It adds a level of realism you wouldn't expect from a book staring a talking bear.

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  • Posted November 18, 2011

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    Wonderful!

    I first read the very short version of this tale when I was about 7yrs old and it became my favorite. I found this book when I was about 16 yrs old and it is still one of my favorites. The characters are well written, the emotions are well displayed, and the reader is in a beautiful world of enchanting mountains and attractive, dangerous trolls. I will continue to re-read this book and I will definitely read this book to my children.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 12, 2011

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    Loved it! one of my favorite books!

    I absolutely LOVE this book! I really wish they had it for the nook though so I could have it every where any time. But, anyway, this is one of my favorites, the plot and characters are well developed and there are tons and tons of description. You should read it!

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  • Posted April 2, 2011

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    So Good!

    This is one of my favorite books. I've loaned it to all my friends and read it with my family and they all love it. You will feel that you are right along side Rose throughout her whole journey you really feel a part of the story.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2011

    good but i am suspicious

    its great and you wont want to put it down but it is really very similar to "sun and moon, snow and ice"

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  • Posted January 30, 2011

    I'm a 11 year old girl and i LOVED this book!

    I read this book for a summer reading assignment and i believed it was amazing. Rose's sister gets sick and a magical bear comes to the rescue! He makes rose leave her family so he can become human again. Read the book 2 find out what happens

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  • Posted December 28, 2010

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    Savored

    This was a fabulous adventure. It has been a long time, measured over many books read, since I felt the need to sit back and savor the story. With the various settings that this it takes place in, the strong protagonist, and the writing that makes you feel like you are in all of this places right along with her, this is definitely one of those unforgettable tales that you will want to recommend to your friends and read over again!

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  • Posted September 3, 2010

    Amazing!

    This was the first book in a long time to paint a picture in my mind. I loved every moment of it. This was one of the only books from the teen section, for girls, that was smart and had no smut in it. Younger readers are in for a treat with this one!

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  • Posted July 14, 2010

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    Pattou knows her craft very well and makes a perfect example in "East".

    "East" is a book that you will want to read again-I know I did. I found it on a dusty shelf in the junior high library when I was but a youngster, I being one of the only students to traverse the exciting world of books. After reading it, I swore to purchase my own copy one day so that I might enjoy it whenever I desired.

    Five years later, I did just that when I accidentally discovered it on sale at our beloved B&N. I reread it to experience the ride all over again. And what a ride it was.

    Pattou tells her story from the narrating points of multiple characters: the protagonist, Rose, her favorite brother (she has many siblings) and father, the White Bear depicted on the book cover, and even the Troll Queen, a character whose interference in the storyline becomes known over time.

    By taking the stand point of many characters, Pattou had created a completely sound, full storyline. Not to mention, the detail put into the novel is clearly shown in the knowledge spent on the father's map industry and his love for wind roses. There is also the timeless addition of magic that makes this book one to fly through.

    The topic of finding one's place in the world is introduced, causing the reader to internally ponder. As the reader journeys with Rose, they begin to see a wonderful world unfold and also the awkwardness with which a teenage Rose tries find where she belongs. Rose's mother remains a stumbling block in her daughter's quest for self-realization, asserting that Rose is not to be one of the wandering children that we've all come to know and love for their adventurous side.

    "East" is exciting, mysterious, and even romantic. This novel does not stand out as the everyday teenage read, but it should be found on young adult bookshelves everywhere. Pattou's book is all you need to find a truly astounding fiction novel with a splash into the world of magic.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 10, 2010

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    Life is easy and full of joy.until a magical white bear shows up at Rose's house and asks her to ride off with him to a castle.THAT'S when the adventure begins. Rose is an adventurous, unique, young girl. While Rose is on her adventure with the white bear, she finds that he is mysterious, loyal, but curious. But before the white bear takes her away, Rose's careful dad is worried that he will never see her again. But her superstitious mom believes that the bear will solve their problems. Rose's confused brother, "Neddy", can't seem to decide what is better for the family. He has been extremely close to Rose ever since she was little and he will miss her way too much since he doesn't know when she is coming back. But they are about to get kicked out of the house because of not being able to pay the rent. Also his other sister is ill and lies close to death. The white bear promised to make everything better.well that's what he said."If you give me your youngest daughter, then the one who lies near death will be made well again. And you will be no longer poor but wealthy and will live in comfort and ease." what will happen? Well you'll have to follow Rose and the other characters to find out. Throughout these 494 pgs, you will learn the story of Rose, her friend "the white bear" and their journey of love, betrayal, and loss.
    I can relate to this book because my life is also full of adventures. Of course not the ones in this book because it's a fantasy story but I sure am adventurous.
    Edith Pattou lives in Columbus Ohio with her family. She is the author of "Mrs. Spitzer's Garden" which is a children's picture book. She is the author of two other teen fantasy books that made it on the TOP 10 fantasy novels of the year, "Hero's Song", and, "Fire Arrow." Right now she is working on the third "Errein" novel.
    I honestly recommend this book to anyone who is in for a fantasy book with a breath-taking storyline.

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  • Posted June 5, 2010

    GREAT BOOK!!

    I loved this book! It is such a page-turner! The plot & storyline are so original & great. Im not going to spoil it but...the marriage of the two main characters was expected but stil lovable. I loved the different (but MANY) P.O.Vs.

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  • Posted December 17, 2009

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    East Will Always Remain One Of My Most Favorite Books Of All Time

    East is written beautifully. It is a wonderful adaptation of the tale "Beauty and the Beast" and I am always happy to read it again and again and anything else Edith Pattou has written.

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  • Posted December 8, 2009

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    for those fantasy explorers

    this is a wonderful fantasy novel. it transports you into a different world that you wish you were a part of. the characters are interesting and are very much the star of their own stories. strong plot and characters make this version of the old tale very unique. I also loved how it was told from multiple characters. it make the reader feel like they were getting the full story and not just the main character's.

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  • Posted March 14, 2009

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    EAST

    This story is about as girl who knows nothing about the mysterious circumstances of her birth, but as you realize it, you notice it effects her life as she is taken from her family by an unlikely guest, finds her true love in her "captivity", and realized she will have to fight for him after a big mistake.
    Edith Pattou tells this touching and exciting story from many different characters' points of view as this tale of a "white bear" and the "North girl" comes through.

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  • Posted March 14, 2009

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    READ THIS!

    EAST is a beuatiful story woven from many different and unquie characters. Edith Pattou is a genuis! A must read for 11 and up! One of my favorite books!!!

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  • Posted February 27, 2009

    Satisfaction

    This book will defiantly be a thrill ride to anyone who reads it. It's full with mystery, romance, and lessons. The one flaw that I found was that the author pretty much waits for the last few pages to give you the ending that you want. Other than that, this book was amazing. I do recommend kids to read this book at least once because you wont be disappointed.

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  • Posted February 10, 2009

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    An unforgettable read.

    One of my most favorite fantasy books I had the great fortune to read. Ever since I read it, I've had never forgotten it, neither has any other book replaced it. It continues to be my favorite. I absolutely recommend it to anyone of any age.

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