Nicole Lesperance grew up on Cape Cod and graduated from Wesleyan University. She spent a few years in London and now lives near Boston with her husband, two kids, and two rambunctious black cats. She writes YA and middle grade books. Follow her on Twitter @niclesperance or visit her online at NicoleLesperance.com.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Kirkus Best Book of 2021
A 2021 Massachusetts Book Award Must-Read Book
★ "With her vividly rendered settings, emotionally complex
characters, and sweet and sinister magical realism, Lesperance may
be a promising successor to Alice Hoffman...[The Wide Starlight is]
sharp and snow-dusted yet strangely cozy; a comforting winter's
read." —Kirkus, starred review
★ "A lovely exploration of grief and the way stories shape our
lives—and how reshaping stories can have consequences. The pages
fly by as Lesperance’s compelling voice and masterful switching
between present-day narrative and fairy-tale past smoothly build a
portrait of intergenerational love, loss, and magic rooted in a
glittering Arctic landscape." —BCCB, starred review
"This mesmerizing and sometimes heartbreaking fantasy reveals the
complicated relationships between mothers and daughters...A
haunting contemporary fantasy." —School Library Journal
"Lesperance weaves the myth and magic of Norwegian folklore into a
realistic setting in this wintry tale of a teen searching for her
long-lost mother...an emotionally complex tale of the love between
mothers and daughters that balances between ominous and cozy."
—Booklist
"[A] promising debut." —Publishers Weekly
“Poetic and richly imagined, The Wide Starlight is a spell-binding
journey through a world of Nordic fairytale…the heart-wrenching
story of a teenage girl and her quest to reclaim and understand the
mother who abandoned her.” —Edith Patou, award-winning author of
East and West
"Nicole Lesperance blends crystalline prose, an atmospheric setting
and memorable characters to create a story that dances and shines
as brightly as the northern lights in her debut YA novel, The Wide
Starlight." —BookPage
A Junior Library Guild Selection
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