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The Wind Reader Kindle Edition

4.9 out of 5 stars 20

Stuck in a city far from home, street kid Doniver fakes telling fortunes so he can earn a few coins to feed himself and his friends. Then the divine Powers smile on him when he accidentally delivers a true prediction for the prince.

Concerned about rumors of treason, the prince demands that Doniver use his "magic" to prevent harm from coming to the king, and so Doniver is taken--dragged?--into the castle to be the royal fortune teller.

Now Doniver must decide where the boundaries of honor lie, as he struggles to work convincing magic, fend off whoever is trying to shut him up, and stop an assassin, assuming he can even figure out who the would-be assassin is. All he wants is to survive long enough to go home to the Uplands, but it's starting to look as if that might be too much to ask.

Editorial Reviews

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The Wind Reader is a story of deception, honor, home, and survival with characters that do what it takes to survive in a struggle to maintain hope and humanity. -Liz Konkel for Readers' Favorite (5 stars)

An exciting, adventurous, and thoughtful YA fantasy novel. -Una McCormack,
USA Today bestselling novelist

The story highlights the choices everyone must make both in fiction and in real life-to do what's right, or to do what's easy. Highly recommended. -Dee Garretson, author of
Gone by Nightfall and All Is Fair

Winsor excels at throwing her characters into crises of both physical peril with emotional dimensions, then relentlessly ratcheting up the tension. -Rebecca Stefoff, author of Giants and Secrets of the Supernatural

Semi-finalist for 2020 UK Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award (Sponsored by Folio Society)

About the Author

Dorothy A. Winsor is originally from Detroit but moved to Iowa in 1995. She still blinks when she sees a cornfield outside her living room window. For about a dozen years, she taught technical writing at Iowa State University and served as the editor of the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, but then she decided writing middle-grade and young adult fantasy was more fun. She lives with her husband, who engineers tractors, and has one son, the person who first introduced her to the pleasure of reading fantasy.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07GH5PK2K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Inspired Quill (September 28, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2888 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 out of 5 stars 20

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Dorothy A. Winsor writes young adult and middle grade fantasy. Her novels include Finders Keepers (Zharmae, 2015), Deep as a Tomb (Loose Leave Publishing, 2016), The Wind Reader (2018), The Wysman (2019), and The Trickster (2021), all published by Inspired Quill. Glass Girl will be out in May, 2023. At one time, Winsor taught technical writing at Iowa State University and GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering). She then discovered that writing fiction is much more fun and has never looked back. Visit Winsor's blog at dawinsor (dot) com or chat with her on twitter @dorothywinsor.

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4.9 out of 5 stars
4.9 out of 5
20 global ratings

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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018
When your world is upended, how do you stay true to yourself when you're just beginning to learn who you are?

The farther I got into The Wind Reader, the more slowly I read -- I didn't want it to end! The Wind Reader is a story you can see, hear, smell, and taste. The characters are individuals with their own outlooks and motives. The main plot and the several subplots each could have more than one ending -- and not all of them happy ones. The wind of the title is a subtle but ever-present character in the story.

And the writing! "The wind smelled of grass and water and freedom. It lifted the strands of my greasy hair and dropped them again as if disgusted." "The holiday mood was catching, and the feathers on my mask bounced with my walk." "The avalanche of attention flattened me out so hard that for a moment I forgot to be afraid." Perhaps best of all: "Maybe a snoot that size sucked in more stink."

Highly recommended!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2019
The Wind Reader is great stuff. Let’s start with the language of the world. The names are outstanding. They look on the page and sound in the mind exactly how they should. They create rich characters. The same is true of location names, from states like “Lac’s Holding” and “the Uplands” to less formal spots like “the Shambles.” Characters are developed in clean and pleasing proportion. They glide through the story gently and essentially, playing their role and then whisking back into the world instead of departing from it. It is a really good story, very entertaining. Political intrigue, layers of espionage, economic hardship, love stories, family drama … A reader gets a wonderful buffet of genre material that works very well. The material brought to mind other material ranging from John le Carré and Oliver Twist to Seven Samurai, The Empire Strikes Back, and yes, Harry Potter. This is driven by an original world possessing powerful elements other original worlds are bound to share.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018
Doniver is on top of the world and feeling like almost a grown man, having convinced his father to take him along on a journey to sell timber in the city. But when tragedy strikes, leaving Doniver alone among strangers who view his “Uplands” folk with suspicion, he suddenly feels very young indeed. Finding allies and a source of income through a group of enterprising young street urchins who accept him into their fold, he then ends up between a rock and a hard place when his schtick as a sidewalk fortune-teller works a little too convincingly. As always, Winsor weaves a riveting and suspenseful tale populated with intriguing young characters faced with dilemmas of survival, loyalty, and honor, and she spices up a classical fantasy landscape with contemporary social issues like colonialism, poverty, and class conflict. This is Winsor’s best so far in a captivating series of YA fantasy novels.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2019
I read this story several months ago, then, when I was considering books to read aloud to my husband (who has never been a reader himself, and has missed so many good books!), I thought, "Yes! I know a great adventure which will keep his interest!" Well, I must report, if you're looking for a book that's well-written and just a good story, for yourself or a reluctant reader, then this is the one for you!
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019
This is better than the very popular YA novels I've read. Dorothy Winsor's prose is polished, her descriptions fresh and evocative, and she wastes no words getting where she's going. The story moves right along. I particularly like the way she handles world creation. She gives enough detail so that you can fill in its unusual aspects with your imagination, but not so much detail that the story bogs down.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2019
Dorothy kept me spell-bound with twists, turns and characters who steal your heart! She's masterfully used words to craft a world where I felt like an eye-witness to the events. A mouse in the corner. I had a hard time putting it down-and lost some sleep as I kept turning the pages. I can't wait to read them all!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
The author has created an entire, complex world with nuanced characters, evocative scenes, action and excitement. She also raises some thought-provoking, contemporary issues, but never in a heavy-handed or preachy manner. And what a great writing style. I had trouble putting this book down- and I am definitely not a "young adult". Highly recommended!
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