Review of the Day: West of the Moon by Margi Preus

West of the Moon

By Margi Preus

Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams)

$16.95

ISBN: 978-1-4197-0896-1

Ages 10 and up

On shelves now.

These are dark times for children’s literature. Pick up a book for the 9-12 year-old set and you just don’t know what you’re going to find. Whether it’s the murderous foliage of The Night Gardener, the implications of Nightingale’s Nest, or the serious subject matter of The Red Pencil, 2014 is probably best described as the year everything went dark. Don’t expect We...