Into the Wind

RedChairPress — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:06:40 +0000

A character-driven novel about the unlikely friendship between a 10-year-old boy and an elderly woman. The old woman badgers the boy into taking her sailing, but when the weather turns bad, it becomes a wild sail. It becomes the last trip before she goes into the hospital where she dies: but not before the two of them share memories of their last sail together. Hazel helps build the boy's confidence during a tough time in his home life. Both moving and joyful, Into the Wind is a poignant story about loss and love in a boy's life, and the surprising and sustaining bonds that can grow between the old and young.

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Pages:

195

Advanced (9 to 13)

Language:

English

ISBN:

978-1947159426

Red Chair Press

William Loizeaux, Laura Jacobsen

Categories:

Environment, Family & Friends, Health & Sports, Little Brave Stories, Pirates

Features:

Illustrations, Chapters

Keywords:

flight, perseverance, aviation, wwii, courage, friendship, danger, history.

https://www.amazon.com/Into-Wind-William-Loizeaux/dp/1947159429

Poetically striking details make scenes come alive A moving wellwritten tale about an unusual friendship Kirkus Reviews I N T O W I N DW I N D T H E W I L L I A M L O I Z E A U X I N T O T H E W I N D I N T O T H E W I N D ONE ELM B O O K S ONE ELM B O O K S W I L L I A M L O I Z E A U X w i t h i l l u s t r a t i o n s b y L a u r a J a c o b s e n ONE ELM B O O K S ONE ELM B O O K S Egremont Massachusetts ONE ELM ONE ELM B O O K S One Elm Books is an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC ONE ELM wwwoneelmbookscom wwwredchairpresscom Discussion Guide available online Publishers CatalogingInPublication Data Names Loizeaux William author Jacobsen Laura illustrator Title Into the wind William Loizeaux with illustrations by Laura Jacobsen Description Egremont Massachusetts One Elm Books an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC Includes a glossary of key sailing terms Interest age level Summary Into the Wind is a middlegrade novel about the unlikely friendship between a boy and an elderly womanProvided by publisher Identifiers ISBN library hardcover ISBN PDF ISBN ePub Subjects LCSH Children and older peopleJuvenile fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction SailingJuvenile fiction CYAC Children and adultsFiction FriendshipFiction SailingFiction Classification LCC PZ7L8295 In print LCC PZ7L8295 ebook DDC Ficdc23 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2019957520 This book is a work of fiction Any references to historical events real people or real places are used fictitiously Other names characters places and events are products of the authors imagination and any resemblance to actual events places or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental Main body text set in Adobe Caslon Pro Text copyright by William Loizeaux Copyright Red Chair Press LLC RED CHAIR PRESS ONE ELM Books logo and green leaf colophon are registered trademarks of Red Chair Press LLC All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced stored in an information or retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical including photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the Publisher For permissions contact inforedchairpresscom Printed in Canada 1P S21FN C016245 For Beth Emma Chester Meg and Chris CHAPTER Hazel Hey kid a gravelly voice called from behind me Startled I turned from bailing the afternoons rain out of my sailboat and saw this creepy old lady about fi fteen feet away on the dock not far from where Id left my bike She was sitting in a wheelchair and looking straight at me Kid she called again rolling right up to my boat and touching it with the toes of her rubbersoled shoes Th is boat is it yours I recognized her though I didnt know her name She owned the Art Barn a tiny garage on Main Street where she sold her paintings of the beach and the bay to the vacationers who take the ferry to our island from the mainland Yes I said And I almost said Would you get your feet off my boat Will you take me out in it she asked Up close like that she looked scary her pink scalp showing

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