Cottons: The Secret of the Wind by Jim Pascoe
Published by First Second on July 3rd 2018
ISBN: 1250157447
Pages: 272
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Cottons is a story where rabbits and foxes inhabit a world where magic, technology and art are used for beauty and war.

Bridgebelle the rabbit appears to all around her to be an ordinary rabbit who works all day in the carrot factory and goes home at night to care for her auntie. However, Bridgebelle is not ordinary, she is a rabbit of many talents. She uses cha – a mysterious fuel made from carrots , that enables rabbits to create thokchas which are magical works of art. Cha is not only used for art but also to create weapons of war. The rabbits aren’t the only ones who use cha, so do the foxes, which leads to fierce fighting to control it.

In this first of a new series the reader learns all about cha, the rabbits and the foxes and their uses and fight for cha.

This series is sure to be a big hit with the middle school reader.

Reviewed by: Melissa Madigan, Orr’s Island Library, Orr’s Island