Wind Child

By Nancy Harding and TurtleMe

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671646192
• ISBN13: 9780671646196
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Pocket
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

intriguing, difficult to put down

I enjoyed the intricacies of the time period and how that historical information was interwoven into the story line - quite educational. In addition, how refreshing to see a spirited young woman as a heroine using her intellectual and physical (fitness, NOT sexual) abilities to improve her status and better her life situation. I would recomend the book to any who enjoy historical fiction and action adventure.

Enjoyable read

"Wind Child" is about a seventeen year old girl named Arima, who is the daughter of a Auchatae Scythian chief called Scylas. The Scythians were an ancient nomad tribe inhabiting the steppes of what is now modern day Ukraine. I gave this novel five stars because it is well written and unusual. I had never heard of the Scythians until I read this book and so found it to be educational from a historical point of view. I also like the ending which was not predictable. The heroine Arima is admirable because she is so independent and courageous, willing to risk her life for her freedom and willing to plunge into the unknown. Melanion's character is also different he is not as tough as Arima or as faithful but it is refreshing to see a romance turn out unpredictably and interesting to see a male lead character who is flawed for a change (he reminds me of Hamlet in a way). I think what Arima says to Melanion at the end is very beautifully written.The only thing I didn't like about the book was its cover, it's inaccurate and ugly. The girl on the cover is blond while Arima has black hair and it kept intruding on my image of her. I almost didn't buy the book just because I didn't like the look of it!!