by Zach Miller
Quick Summary
Minnesota's statewide book club, One Book | One Minnesota, has begun it's seventh book. The club is reading "The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse" by award-winning Minnesota author Brian Farrey. Audio and print versions of the book are available now on Ebooks Minnesota.
"The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse" will be available on Ebooks Minnesota in both print and audio formats until the close of the book club on May 15. The print and audio formats are both available via Ebooks Minnesota's dedicated One Book | One Minnesota page, along with instructions for how to download the book for offline reading or bookmark your place as you go.
Ebooks Minnesota does not require Minnesota readers to log in to access the collection. There's also no need to check out or return any book. Thanks to Ebooks Minnesota's geolocated IP authentication, readers can access any book simply by virtue of their presence within Minnesota's borders. What's more, there's no limit to the number of simultaneous readers. If every Minnesotan wants to read "The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse," they can. And we hope they will!
ABOUT ONE BOOK | ONE MINNESOTA
One Book | One Minnesota is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library (acting as the Minnesota Center for the Book), in partnership with State Library Services and sponsored by Spire Credit Union. Program partners also include Algonquin Young Readers; Council of Regional Public Library System Administrators; Mackin; Macmillan Publishers; Minitex; the Minnesota Department of Education; and Recorded Books. This program is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, as well as through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Links to resources and more information can be found at thefriends.org/onebook.
ABOUT THE SECRET OF DREADWILLOW CARSE
In the center of the verdant Monarchy lies Dreadwillow Carse, a desolate bog the people of the land do their best to ignore. Little is known about it except an ominous warning: If any monarch enters Dreadwillow Carse, then the Monarchy will fall. Twelve-year-old Princess Jeniah yearns to know what the marsh could conceal that might topple her family’s thousand-year reign. After a chance meeting, Princess Jeniah strikes a secret deal with Aon, a girl from a nearby village: Aon will explore the Carse on the princess’s behalf, and Jeniah will locate Aon’s missing father. But when Aon doesn’t return from the Carse, a guilt-stricken Jeniah must try and rescue her friend—even if it means risking the entire Monarchy. In this thrilling modern fairytale, Brian Farrey has created an exciting new world where friendship is more powerful than fate and the most important thing is to question everything.
