Bridle the Wind

by Joan Aiken

Book Overview

After visiting his family in England, Felix is on his way back to Spain when he's shipwrecked off the coast of France. He is taken in by monks to recover from his ordeal--but it soon becomes clear to him that he is actually being held prisoner. Felix encounters an injured boy, Juan, on the grounds of the monastery and saves him from death. The two boys escape and continue on to Spain together--but a gang is pursuing Juan, and the journey is more dangerous than they imagined.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152060588
• ISBN13: 9780152060589
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

This book was great!

This book is the sequel to "Go Saddle the Sea" and very good. Joan Aiken continues the same style of writing in this book as she did in "Go Saddle the Sea." Thirteen-year-old Felix is traveling back from England in the early 1820s to his home in Spain with a boy named Juan who he saved from hanging. This book is more creepy than "Go Saddle the Sea" but still has the same wonderful passages describing the scenery. For anyone who loved "Go Saddle the Sea" "Bridle the Wind" is a must along with its sequel "The Teeth of the Gale."