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| Author | Eric Linklater |
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| Illustrator | Nicolas Bentley |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fantasy and comic adventure novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Co. |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 363 pp (first edition) |
| OCLC | 684020 |
| LC Class | PZ7.L66286 Wi 1944[1] |
The Wind on the Moon: A story for children is a fantasy novel by Eric Linklater, published by Macmillan in 1944 with illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. The American division Macmillan US published an edition in the same year.[1] Opening in the fictitious village of Midmeddlecum, evidently in contemporary rural England, it features two girls whose father is absent during a war. They pursue magical, bizarre, or dangerous experiences. A "wind on the moon" is said to be the cause, "making them behave badly for a year".[2]
Linklater won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognizing the year's best children's book by a British subject.[2]
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