SuitabookStatus, talent and freedom
In the Land of Winter, social status and freedom depend on singing ability, placing the cousins in different social positions.
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Pendred Noyce - Author
This is a fantasy adventure about cousins separated by a winter society that ranks people through singing. It combines danger and hardship with questions about freedom, class, power and collective change.
"The return to Lexicon begins when thirteen-year-old cousins Ivan and Daphne find their Aunt Adelaide deathly ill. Leaving their aunt to rest, Ivan and Daphne accidentally let their younger cousin, Lila, in on their secret world of Lexicon. Ivan and Daphne must track Lila, who disappears, through the frozen landscape to the Land of Winter where social status and freedom is determined by how well one sings. Fortunately for Lila, her musical talent lands her in the most favorable place. Separated by class now, the cousins face the cold, hunger, poverty, illness, injustice, and the malicious plotting of a power-hungry blind man. Slave, servant, and fine lady, the three cousins must escape their own imprisonment before they reunite, provoke a revolution, and restore spring to the Land of Winter. Book includes discussion questions, challenge activities, and cross-curricular activities. "--
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a fantasy adventure about cousins separated by a winter society that ranks people through singing. It combines danger and hardship with questions about freedom, class, power and collective change.
In the Land of Winter, social status and freedom depend on singing ability, placing the cousins in different social positions.
The cousins encounter poverty, hunger, illness and imprisonment while facing a power-hungry figure and eventually provoking a revolution.
Ivan and Daphne accidentally involve Lila in their secret world; Lila disappears, and the cousins must find and reunite with her.
Notice how the story presents imprisonment, hunger, poverty, illness and injustice, alongside a power-hungry character’s plotting. Consider whether the hardships feel frightening, bleak or hopeful for the reader.
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