Into the Wind

Thank You, One Elm Books, for a copy of this book. Rusty is a soon to be 6th grader, who is going through a tough time, summer school, and his mom not being around, Rusty meets an eccentric senior named Hazel who ends up changing his life. I really liked this book, a really good read.......more

INTO THE WIND is a sweet, wholesome story about a boy's unexpected friendship with a spirited old lady. It teaches some good lessons about learning from the elderly, working hard to achieve a goal, and living life to the fullest. Loizeaux's prose is assured and his colorful descriptions of the islan......more

First sentence: “Hey, kid!” a gravelly voice called from behind me. Startled, I turned from bailing the afternoon’s rain out of my sailboat and saw this creepy old lady about fifteen feet away on the dock, not far from where I’d left my bike. Premise/plot: Rusty, the hero of this middle grade coming......more

I am a sucker for American children’s fiction having lived there as a child myself for 3 years. I still have my copy of a Horse Named Summer by Karen Bendick and I loved All -of-a-Family Uptown by Sydney Taylor. And Into the Wind by William Loizeaux (who was writer-in-residence at university in Bosto......more

Into the Wind by William Loizeaux is a children’s story about how an unlikely friendship develops between a young boy and an older woman in a wheelchair. It takes place during a difficult summer for both on the island where they live. After Rusty’s mother is admitted to an inpatient treatment facili......more