Introduction

Five siblings fall through time and space into a strange, unkind world — their arrival mysteriously foretold — and land in the center of an epic civil struggle in a country where many citizens have given themselves over to their primal fears and animal passions at the urging of a power-hungry demagogue.

When siblings Susan, Max, Nell, Kate, and Jean tumble one by one through a glowing cobalt window, they find themselves outside their cozy home — and in a completely unfamiliar world where everything looks wrong and nothing makes sense. Soon, an ancient prophecy leads them into battle with mysterious forces that threaten to break the siblings apart even as they try desperately to remain united and find their way home. Thirteen-year-old twins Max and Susan and their younger siblings take turns narrating the events of their story in unique perspectives as each of the children tries to comprehend their stunning predicament — and their extraordinary new powers — in his or her own way. From acclaimed author Adina Rishe Gewirtz comes a riveting novel in the vein of C. S. Lewis and E. Nesbit, full of nuanced questions about morality, family, and the meaning of home.

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* Prologue *

If Max were to begin this story, he would tell you that one day science will discover the seams of the universe, the edges where things lie side by side, unnoticed until they bump together in the strangest ways. He would say that one day, someone brilliant, maybe even he, would know the reason for ... view entire excerpt...

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Why do you think Gewirtz chose to tell this story from a variety of perspectives?

Gewritz has said that she loved reading the Narnia books to her children, in part because they incorporated “big ideas,” such as “What makes someone good? What is this idea we call evil?” What are some big ideas that are explored in Blue Window?

What role does storytelling play in Ganbihar? What’s the relationship between history and prophecy?

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