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Subject: Re: "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson
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On 6/26/2024 4:18 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson
>     https://www.amazon.com/When-Wind-Blows-James-Patterson/dp/B007YZQEVI/
> 
> Book number one of a two book science fiction series.  I reread the well 
> printed and well bound MMPB published by Warner Books in 1999 that I 
> bought new over 20 years ago, this is my third reading of the book.  I 
> will be reading the sequel next.
> 
> This book series was rebooted by James Patterson into an nine book 
> series aimed at preteens.  Those books are not quite as hard science but 
> they are still quite entertaining also.
>     https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446617792
> 
> Dr. Frannie O'Neill is a young veterinarian in the Colorado Rockies, 
> still mourning the murder of her husband a year ago.  One night while 
> returning home to her home, she sees a young girl running next to the 
> lightly traveled road to her house.  But, the young girl is not just any 
> girl, the young girl has wings.  Thus starts a dangerous and wild 
> adventure for the vet and the young girl.
> 
> My rating:  6 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.3 out of 5 stars (4,774 ratings)


It feels like there should be a rule not to re-use titles that
have already been loaded with intense meaning and significance.

The moment you said 'two book(s), I realized this couldn't be
the 'When the Wind Blows' that I know: the one by Raymond Briggs.

https://www.amazon.com/When-Wind-Blows-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0140094199

Its one the saddest and most harrowing graphic novels ever written,
and made into a nightmare fuel movie, with a David Bowie soundtrack.

Here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pJKdTqYijY

There are a bunch of YT videos discussing it.

It would pair nicely with 'Duck and Cover'.

pt