Star Wind

Star Wind
First edition cover
AuthorLinda Woolverton
Cover artistPaul Mock
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication dateApril 28, 1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages192 (first edition)
ISBN0-395-41454-7
OCLC13064764
LC ClassPZ7.W88715 St 1986
Followed byRunning Before the Wind 

Star Wind is a young adult novel by American writer Linda Woolverton, published in 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Plot summary

When she returns home from summer camp, Camden Douglas finds that her best friend Mitch is running with a new group. They're followers of an older teen who calls himself WT-3 and tells the "kidsters" that "grownies" are "double ungood" bosses who give children no rights. Miffed at her busy parents, Cadmen plunges in, but a series of nightmarish dreams reveal the truth.

Development

Linda Woolverton was a CBS employee when she penned Star Wind during her lunch breaks. It was her first book and was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which would also publish her second book, Running Before the Wind.

Excerpts from reviews

References

  1. 1 2 "STAR WIND by Linda Woolverton". Kirkus. kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Woolard, John (September 8, 1996). "Life is a fairy tale for Disney screenwriter Linda Woolverton". Star-Banner. Retrieved May 25, 2014.