Awards

• Short-listed for The Falkirk RED Book Award 2023
• Short-listed for The Leeds Book Awards 2023
• Short-listed for The Week Junior Book Awards 2023
• Winner of Glasgow School Libraries Book Award 2023
• Winner of YA-ldies Glasgow School Libraries Book Award 2023

Overview

An adventurous eco-thriller from award-winning children's author Victoria Williamson. On a remote Scottish island, fourteen-year-old Max's life changes forever when he loses his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his new life and finding it hard to adapt in school, he begins to notice other - even stranger - changes taking place when a new wind farm appears off the island's coast. With the help of three school friends with additional support needs, Max discovers that a sinister scientist, Doctor Ashwood, is using wind turbines to experiment on the islanders. They must find a way to shut down the government's secret test before it spins out of control... AGES: 11 plus AUTHOR: Victoria Williamson is an award-winning children's author who grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, Williamson set out on her own real-life adventures, which included teaching math's and science in Cameroon, training teachers in Malawi, teaching English in China and working with children with additional support needs in the UK. Victoria is a qualified primary school teacher with a degree in Mandarin Chinese from Yunnan University and a Master's degree in Special Needs in Education. She is passionate about creating inclusive worlds in her novels where all children can see a reflection of themselves in a heroic role. SELLING POINTS: . Ecological thriller about secret government weapons testing gone wrong, an action-packed adventure for 11+ year olds . Cast of children with special needs take centre stage in the unfolding drama, showing their abilities in a positive light . Award-winning Scottish author . The plot centres around the use of renewable energy and green technology with a thriller twist . Different fonts are used to highlight that not all communication needs to be verbal (e.g. sign language, written, communication machine) and to help readers think more deeply about the ways people who can't hear or speak communicate

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An environmental thriller for a teen audience with positive representation of children with additional support needs, this book needs to be in every school! Max struggles with the sudden loss of his hearing. When wind turbines appear in the bay, events turn sinister. Victoria Williamson cranks up the tension perfectly until the book's thrilling ending. We are reminded not to underestimate those different from ourselves. Bravo, Victoria! Excuse the pun, but Victoria Williamson's fantastic environmental thriller with a great cast of inclusive characters has blown me away! Places kids with different needs centre-stage. This book puts the turn in page turning. Go pre-order now! War of the Wind is an exciting adventure story with an important message about accepting differences. An exciting environmental thriller with an empathy-fuelled inclusive twist. Excellent positive representation ... we can all learn a little something from this! What a pacy, engaging read! This exciting eco-thriller held me from first line to last: young teen characters realised with such warmth and insight; a threat to their island community that starts insidious, turns sinister and then terrifying. This is a writer handling her material - not least the characters with special needs - with confidence, care and skill. Strongly recommend. The book that absolutely needed to be written: children with additional support needs see themselves reflected in the characters of a contemporary story...a fast-paced adventure with real heart which does not gloss over the challenges faced by young people who are different. Empathetic, honest and compelling. The book was brilliant! My 13-year-old daughter and I both really enjoyed reading it. The story was thrilling and a real page turner. * The British Deaf Association. *

An environmental thriller for a teen audience with positive representation of children with additional support needs, this book needs to be in every school! * Veronica Price, Clinical Outreach Librarian and blook blogger at vsviewfromthebookshelves * Max struggles with the sudden loss of his hearing. When wind turbines appear in the bay, events turn sinister. Victoria Williamson cranks up the tension perfectly until the book's thrilling ending. We are reminded not to underestimate those different from ourselves. Bravo, Victoria! * Juliette Forrest, Award-winning author of children's books including The Mountain Rescue Dog and Twister * Excuse the pun, but Victoria Williamson's fantastic environmental thriller with a great cast of inclusive characters has blown me away! * Kate Wiseman, Award-winning author of children's books including Gangster School and Icarus and Velvet * Places kids with different needs centre-stage. This book puts the turn in page turning. Go order now! * Justin Davies, Award-winning author of children's books including Help! I Smell a Monster and Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf * War of the Wind is an exciting adventure story with an important message about accepting differences. * Lindsay Littleson, Kelpies Prize winner and Carnegie-nominated author of children's books including The Rewilders and Guardians of the Wild Unicorns * An exciting environmental thriller with an empathy-fuelled inclusive twist. Excellent positive representation ... we can all learn a little something from this! * Dan Smith, award-winning author for children and teens including Nisha's War, Boy X, and Below Zero * What a pacy, engaging read! This exciting eco-thriller held me from first line to last: young teen characters realised with such warmth and insight; a threat to their island community that starts insidious, turns sinister and then terrifying. This is a writer handling her material - not least the characters with special needs - with confidence, care and skill. Strongly recommend. * Beverley Birch, founder of Children's Writers & Illustrators for Stories & Literacy, and author of Song Beneath the Tides and Rift * The book that absolutely needed to be written: children with additional support needs see themselves reflected in the characters of a contemporary story ... A fast-paced adventure with real heart which does not gloss over the challenges faced by young people who are different. Empathetic, honest and compelling. * Barbara Henderson, twice winner of the Young Quills Award and author of The Reluctant Rebel and The Chessmen Thief * The book was brilliant! My 13-year-old daughter and I both really enjoyed reading it. The story was thrilling and a real page turner. * Rebecca Mansell, The British Deaf Association *

'A gripping eco-adventure.' - Financial Times; 'War of the Wind is an instant sci-fi classic!' -The Cork Echo Newspaper; 'Thrilling and a real page turner.'- Rebecca Mansell, The British Deaf Association; 'Teens with additional needs star in this eco thriller.' - iNews; 'Full of empathy & rich relationships. An incredibly nuanced YA book!' -Catherine Wilson Garry, Scottish Book Trust; 'The book was brilliant! My 13-year-old daughter and I both really enjoyed reading it. The story was thrilling and a real page turner.'-Rebecca Mansell, The British Deaf Association; 'A page-turning, inclusive eco-thriller for our times.' -Joanne Owen, LoveReading4Kids; 'The book that absolutely needed to be written: children with additional support needs see themselves reflected in the characters of a contemporary story. Empathetic, honest and compelling.'-Barbara Henderson, twice winner of the Young Quills Award and author of The Reluctant Rebel and The Chessmen Thief; 'What a pacy, engaging read! This exciting eco-thriller held me from first line to last.' -Beverley Birch, founder of Children's Writers & Illustrators for Stories & Literacy, and author of Song Beneath the Tides and Rift; 'An exciting environmental thriller. Excellent positive representation ... we can all learn a little something from this!' -Dan Smith, award-winning author for children and teens including Nisha's War, Boy X, and Below Zero; 'War of the Wind is an exciting adventure story with an important message about accepting differences.' -Lindsay Littleson, Kelpies Prize winner and Carnegie-nominated author of children's books including The Rewilders and Guardians of the Wild Unicorns; 'Places kids with different needs centre-stage. This book puts the turn in page turning. Go pre-order now!'-Justin Davies, Award-winning author of children's books including Help! I Smell a Monster and Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf; 'Excuse the pun, but Victoria Williamson's fantastic environmental thriller with a great cast of inclusive characters has blown me away!'-Kate Wiseman, Award-winning author of children's books including Gangster School and Icarus and Velvet; 'Victoria Williamson cranks up the tension perfectly until the book's thrilling ending. We are reminded not to underestimate those different from ourselves. Bravo, Victoria!'-Juliette Forrest, Award-winning author of children's books including The Mountain Rescue Dog and Twister; 'An environmental thriller for a teen audience with positive representation of children with additional support needs, this book needs to be in every school!' '-Veronica Price, Clinical Outreach Librarian

Author Information

Victoria Williamson is an award-winning children’s author and primary school teacher from Scotland. After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, she set out on her own real-life adventures and taught children and trained teachers in Malawi, Cameroon, and China and worked with children with additional support needs in the UK. She previously volunteered as a reading tutor with The Book Bus charity in Zambia and is now a Patron of Reading with CharChar Literacy to promote early years phonics teaching in Malawi. Victoria is passionate about creating inclusive worlds in her novels where all children can see themselves reflected.

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