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The Wind Singer

The Wind on Fire Trilogy, Book 1

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The Wind Singer

By: William Nicholson
Narrated by: Samuel West
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 In Aramanth, exams are everything. When Kestrel rebels, her family are sentenced to the harshest punishment. To save them, Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer and she sets out to discover the true source of the evil that grips Aramanth.©2001 William Nicholson (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Funny

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this is one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to. I was weeping with emotion several times during the book... suitable from aged 9 up I would say

amazing

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Unabridged and read by someone with a good voice is always better. The tape version read by Author was not nice, quite boring, considering he can write such great books.

Great book

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This story is clearly aimed at young people aged between perhaps 10 and 16. However, I, a 51 year-old, also enjoyed its innocent sense of adventure. The tale is set in the fantastical city of Aramanth, where all citizens are segregated by colour and district according to their intelligence and sense of obedience and duty, and controlled by examinations that test the intelligence and ability to learn of its subjects. Three children set out to bring release to the City from this restrictive set of Rules by restoring the voice of the wind singer, which is a music-making high tower in the middle of the square. They face a whole series of dangerous and fantastic adventures before they finally find the voice of the wind singer and (facing death several times over) restore it to the tower where the magical music restores happiness to Aramanth and it becomes like any other city in our world with people freely intermingling and not being restricted by exams or anything else.

I enjoyed the narration very much: the only reason I have deducted one star is because the man narrating it did not have a massive voice range (e.g. children's voices were not spoken in a higher pitch), but it was a very pleasing experience to listen to him anyway, as he carried the story on beautifully.

Another thing I enjoyed very much was that the story started at the beginning, carried on through the middle and ended at the end, which is unlike the modern trend of adult novels where time darts all over the place, using the voice of several different characters past and present, until you don't know whether you are on your head or your heels. I often get confused by this modern genre of moving back and forth in time, so for this reason alone it was a very refreshing change to listen to a book where time behaves in a proper manner!

Rollicking good adventure story!

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Samuel West's performance made the book immersive and difficult to put down - just brilliant.

Beautifully read

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I know this is classed as a YA book, but my 67 year old husband and 61 year old self really enjoyed listening to it on holiday. I think the main reason is because Samuel West is such a terrific narrator, and gives each character their own distinct voice. The story is well written and would , I think, appeal to all
ages. It is easy listening, I have bought the sequels and hope they are as good.

Enjoyable

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