Anna and the Swallow Man Audiobook

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• Chilling yet tender.

  — People Magazine

• Savit’s economical prose beautifully captures a child’s loss of innocence and the spiritual challenges that emerge when a safe world suddenly becomes threatening.

  — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

• The third-person narrative—lyrical, fluid, with a pervasive shadow of menace—lends a folkloric feel to a graceful story steeped in history, magic, myth, and archetype; comparisons to The Book Thief are apt.

  — The Horn Book, Starred Review"Savit’s novel, with its wise, philosophical narrator, has the classic feel and elegant, precise language of a book that’s been around forever.

• Artful, original, insightful.

  — Kirkus Reviews

• "A moving, thought-provoking story about coming-of-age in the midst of trauma.

  — Booklist 

• The Book Thief. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Any book compared to both of these is in my eyes sure to have an exciting plot, be a fantastic eye opener, and have loveable characters. Anna and the Swallow Man did not disappoint. Just go and read it—it is impossible not to love.

  — The Guardian

• The story is powerful enough to resonate with all ages....Savit's novel, though a quick read, is a powerful one. And just like the child is follows, it has a deeper poignancy masked by its seemingly simple surface.

  — Mashable

• "Written like a love song for language — heartbreaking and entrancing and filled with characters whose survival is intimately, sometimes tragically, tied to their love of words.

  — Bustle

• “Allan Corduner’s deep voice pairs well with the graceful, intelligent prose in this mesmerizing account…Corduner’s elegant, discreet voicing and measured pacing keep listeners focused on the three main characters in a wrenching coming-of-age story that will appeal to adults as well as thoughtful mature teens. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “Savit’s economical prose beautifully captures a child’s loss of innocence and the spiritual challenges that emerge when a safe world suddenly becomes threatening.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “The third-person narrative—lyrical, fluid, with a pervasive shadow of menace—lends a folkloric feel to a graceful story steeped in history, magic, myth, and archetype; comparisons to The Book Thief are apt.”

  — Horn Book (starred review)

• “A moving, thought-provoking story about coming-of-age in the midst of trauma.”

  — Booklist

• “Artful, original, insightful.”

  — Kirkus Reviews