InWestoftheMoon,award-winningandNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorMargiPreusexpertlyweavesoriginalfictionwithmythandfolktaletotellthestoryofAstri,ayoungNorwegiangirldesperatetojoinherfatherinAmerica.Afterbeingseparatedfromhersisterandsoldtoacruelgoatfarmer,Astrimakesadaringescape.Shequicklyretrievesherlittlesister,and,armedwithatrolltreasure,abookofspellsandcurses,andapossiblymagichairbrush,theysetoffforAmerica.Withamysteriouscompanionintowandthemalevolent"goatman"inpursuit,thegirlsheadovertheNorwegianmountains,throughfieldandforest,andinandoutoffolktalesanddreamsastheysteadilymaketheirwayeastofthesunandwestofthemoon.PraiseforWestoftheMoonFIVESTARREDREVIEWS"Likedunsilkshotthoughtwithgold,PreusinterweavesthemesmerizingtaleofAstri'streacherousandharrowingmid-nineteenth-centuryemigrationtoAmericawithbewitchingtalesofmagic.Afascinatingauthor'snoteonlyaddstothewonder."--Booklist,starredreview"Norwegianhistory,fictionandfolkloreintertwineseamlesslyinthislively,fantasticaladventureandmovingcoming-of-agestory."--KirkusReviews,starredreview"Enthrallingandunflinching,thishistoricaltaleresonateswithmythicalundertonesthatwilllingerwithreadersafterthefinalpageisturned."--SchoolLibraryJournal,starredreview"Astriislikeagirloutofafairytale,andthenativefolktalesthatPreusweavesthroughthenarrativeserveasguides,lessons,andinspirationforher."--PublishersWeekly,starredreview"SeveralNorwegianfolktalesareseamlesslyintegratedintothefast-paced,lyricallynarratedstory,whichfeaturesaprotagonistasstalwartandfearlessasanyfairy-talehero."--TheHornBookMagazine,starredreview"It'sAstri'svoice,however,thatismostappealing:herdirect,no-nonsensenarrationhasasharpbite,yetitalsorevealsthevulnerableyounggir