“A dangerous town carved out of unforgiving forest, a young girl who can name spirits and tame monsters, a race against time to save the natural world: The Namer of Spirits is what readers want and the world needs.” –Eliot Schrefer, New York Times bestselling author In the frontier village of Last Hope, people dismiss twelve-year-old Ash Narro as a flighty child who claims to hear the true names of things. But when enraged forest spirits attack, Ash shows that the names she hears have power. After taming a destructive forest spirit, Ash teams up with Fen, a wild forest boy, and embarks on an unusual journey to save her village. In this steampunk eco-fantasy, the perils of deforestation and the power of friendship are explored through a fantastical adventure involving giant mistcats, tempestuous forest spirits, a supernatural puppy, and a girl with a special gift for shaping what things become.
The Name of Spirits
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- *American Fiction Book Awards Winner!* *A 2021 Best Book Awards Children's Fiction Award-Winning Finalist!* *A Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner!* *A Green Earth Book Award Finalist!* ★★★★★ "The Namer of Spirits is among the best of its kind!" —Literary Titan Reviews ★★★★★ *A Reader's Choice "Highly recommended" Book* ★★★★★ *LitPick 5-Star Book Award Winner* "A dangerous town carved out of unforgiving forest, a young girl who can name spirits and tame monsters, a race against time to save the natural world: The Namer of Spirits is what readers want and the world needs." —Eliot Schrefer, New York Times bestselling author "Absorbing, masterfully crafted, and brilliantly original, The Namer of Spirits is an illuminating story about friendship, courage, and the power of words." —Jenny Goebel, Green Earth Book Award-winning author of Out of My Shell "A rich, multi-layered story with a subtle ecological message, and a cast of characters who had my heart from page one, THE NAMER OF SPIRITS is simply spellbinding. Teachers and librarians who are searching for well-written fiction to pair with environmental non-fiction need to snap this one up!" —Darby Karchut, Colorado Book Award-winning author of Del Toro Moon "This book grabbed my attention from page one! I adore middle grade that appeals to both kids and adults, and this is one of those books. What a gorgeous story." —Allison Alexander reviews, host of The Wayfarer's Guide to Worldbuilding "Spectacular and incredibly exciting... if you like amazing and dramatic endings with mind-blowing plot-twists, this is definitely the book for you!" —Litpick Reviews "The Namer of Spirits shares DNA with the most celebrated epics featuring young female protagonists. Lyra Silvertongue from Philip Pullman's grandiose His Dark Materials... Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games... Meg Murry from Madeleine L'Engle's beloved A Wrinkle in Time... We need these stories to continue to inspire young women to acknowledge their gifts, claim their power, and take the necessary steps toward resolution. I hope other authors bear witness to these journeys as deftly as Todd Mitchell does through his majestic protagonist, Ash Narro." —The Los Angeles Review of Books
