Keating spins the tale in a similar way his mastery may well convince readers that this fictional world is real. The first and most helpful is the snow spider, Arianwen, who spins webs that allow Gywn to peer into other worlds. It is Nain who gives Gwyn five gifts for his ninth birthday, each a small object that he must "give to the wind" in order to receive strange and magical things in return. He easily ranges from the boy's excitement and anticipation to the wavery voice of his eccentric grandmother, Nain. Keating's reading of the tale is flawless. Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo 3 primary works 4 total works Book 1 The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo 3.70 3,372 Ratings 313 Reviews published 1986 31 editions Jenny Nimmo's award-winning SNOW SPIDER TRILOGY is Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Nimmo 3. At the center of this adventure, Gwyn sets out on a journey to find his sister, who disappeared on a nearby mountain, without a trace, on the day Gwyn turned five. Though this first volume of a trilogy takes place in present-day Wales, the past is alive, especially when nine-year-old Gwyn realizes that he may have the powers of his namesake, a magician from centuries ago. Keating's wonderfully rich voice does just that. On his ninth birthday, Gwyn is given a brooch and told to cast it into the wind. There is nothing like a hearty brogue to drop a listener into a faraway land, in this case Wales in olden times.
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