Winter Turning (book)

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By Joy Ang

Winter Turning is the seventh book in the New York Times bestselling series Wings of Fire, scheduled to be published on June 30th, 2015. It has been confirmed that the protagonist of the book is a white and blue, male IceWing dragonet named Winter, who first appeared in the sixth book Moon Rising.

Synopsis

Daring mission..... or deadly mistake?

Prologue:

A great day for flying! It is so great you have to fly, because if you miss it, there will never be a day so great! Hailstorm brings his three year old brother along on his first mission into SkyWing territory to find a scavenger for Winter. Winter comments on the fact that Hailstorm is being too care free, and not looking out at all. Winter thinks that the will be caught. For the first time, Winter sees leaves on the ground. Hailstorm tries to smell his way to the scavengers, but after the first sniff, he sneezes, and gets shushed by Winter. Hailstorm say that there is supposed to be a scavenger den nearby, but it would be hard to find, since all the furry smells kept blending together. Hailstorm asks why Winter wants to catch one, even though they cant keep it since scavengers can't survive in the IceWing Kingdom. Winter say he wants to see one, because they are so peculiar.

Chapter 2 released as a preview in Winglet 1: Prisoners.

Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his entire life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.

Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.

Winter, Moon, Qibli, Kinkajou, and Turtle are discussing how they will go about rescuing Hailstorm from Ex-Queen Scarlet. Winter quickly tricks Turtle to go off to take care of Anemone. Qibli then tells Winter that it will be harder to get rid of the rest of them. The group decides to go to the RainWing kingdom to find Icicle. Qibli reasoned that Icicle would go to the rainforest to get Queen Glory who is hated by Ex-Queen Scarlet for what Queen Glory did to her in book 1, The Dragonet Prophecy. After landing next to a river, Winter accuses Moon for reading his mind, when she comments on how he must hate it there because of the heat. Qibli was about to eat an orange toad, but Moon stopped him and offered him a Pitaya (Dragon Fruit).

Winter mentioned how he hates fruit.Queen Glory was upset that she got a message from the school saying that four five-year-olds were going off to find some dragon (Icicle) who just tried to kill Starflight, and then stop someone else who had tried to kill Queen Glory and Starflight many times(Ex-Queen Scarlet). Winter explains that he came to search for his sister, and he requested that no one got in his way. Glory told him that they were more than capable, then offered him a banana. Winter declined the fruit, and a RainWing, Heliconia, appeared, claiming not to be the RainWing, Banana. Glory asks Heliconia to get the scout captains to meet at the pavilion ASAP. Heliconia says that she should stay to guard Glory, but Glory says "I think seven guards are quite sufficient" (Winter Turning, 54). Deathbringer says there is no point in a secret, invisible guard if the Queen tells everyone about it. Winter freezes a hole in the wall, and the four of them jump through. Kinkajou explains that they wont give up until they have searched every inch of the "wingery". Moon leads the way through the trees. Winter plans to ditch them and go home, or find Icicle, but fails to execute the plan, because Moon alerts the group to a search party. The group hide under a nearby fallen tree ...

Moon is hiding in the pavilion. When Winter walks up, Moon tells Winter that Scarlet has left. Winter then asked Moon if Icicle was alright, and if Scarlet said anything about Hailstorm. Moon says that she trusts that Winter won't kill Glory, because if Winter does, then that would start a war between the IceWings and Glory's two tribes. Moon states that she thinks that Winter won't kill any dragonets, and that Winter doesn't just think about himself, that he thinks about his tribe too. Winter says that sometimes he only knows one thing: that he won't hurt Moon. Kinkajou then comes up behind Winter, and says she figured it out. Moon follows Kinkajou into the pavilion, as Winter calms himself. As Winter steps in, he sees Kinkajou under the firefly jars. Moon draws a picture of a mountain that she saw behind Scarlet from a dreamvisitor. No one recognizes it, but Moon says it will be easy to track Scarlet down, now that they know she is near a really odd shaped mountain. Kinkajou comments on how awesome Moon's powers are.

Winter has always been a disappointment to the royal IceWing family unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge the IceWing queen. But now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family.

Trivia

• Instead of The _ _ title pattern for the book titles, Moon Rising, Winter Turning, and Escaping Peril appear to follow a pattern of the main character's name and a gerund.
• This is the first time an IceWing is the protagonist.
• This is the first cover to feature the Ice Kingdom.
• This is the third book where the dragon on the cover is not flying, the other two are The Dark Secret and The Lost Heir.

Gallery

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  Full cover, art by Joy Ang
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  Winter
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  by Nathia