NEW-Winter Turning (Wings of Fire, Book 7)

by Tui T. Sutherland

336 pages, Paperback

About the author

Okay, I know what you’re thinking. Tui? What kind of name is that? Is it short for something?

Nope. Among the many great things to come out of New Zealand (the Lord of the Rings movies, cats that paint, my mom) is a bird called the tui—not as well known as the kiwi, but a heck of a lot noisier!

I was born July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter!) in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to New Jersey in high school, where I started doing theatre—mostly backstage work, because (a) it was fun, and (b) you got to hang out in the dark with cute boys. (Er, I mean . . . because it was artistically fulfilling, yes.)

I graduated from Williams College in ’98 and I currently live in Boston with my husband, my perfect new baby, and my adorable yoodle Sunshine (what’s a yoodle? A puppy that’s three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier, of course!).

Much to my parents’ relief, I abandoned my theatrical aspirations after college for the far more stable and lucrative career of fiction writing.

My first two official books were beginning readers, part of Grosset & Dunlap’s “First Friends” series for kids learning to read. MEET MO AND ELLA is tough to find now, but FUN WITH MO AND ELLA should still be out there somewhere.

My first novel for teenagers was THIS MUST BE LOVE, which retells Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern-day high school, from the POV of the two heroines, Hermia and Helena.

And now I'm writing in a new project called SEEKERS! It's a children's book series that I'm writing with Erin Hunter. Check out my blog to find out more!

Reviews

[Em · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is exactly like this series. It’s full of surprises and suspense and I absolutely love it. The book ends on a really tense note making you want to read the next book. The book starts off with Moon, Quibli, and Kinkajou, Winter, and Turtle going to the rainforest in search of Winter’s sister, Icicle. Once they find her they go in search of Winter’s brother, Hailstorm. It ends at the Ice Kingdom. I love how Tui writes her books in this series. It is full of suspense, surprise, and action. It wouldn’t have taken such a long time for me to read if I hadn’t of been reading 2 other books at the same time. I love the characters and how sometimes you think they might die but then something else happens. Highly recommended if you read the other books before this.

[Lindsay Keim · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son and I flew through this book! I loved the character development of Winter, and getting to know more about the ice wing kingdom

[Kyra Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

beware if you plan on reading, it includes gay dragons in the later books🙄🫩