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Wildwood (novel)

 * ...The Decemberists' Colin Meloy's Wildwood tells how "bespectacled, bike-riding, vinyl-­browsing, Kurosawa-­referencing" Portland kids rescue a baby kidnapped by a murder of crows?
 * ALT1 ... that the ephemeral Ghost Bridge in Colin Meloy's children's fantasy novel Wildwood was inspired by Portland's St. Johns Bridge (pictured)?


 * Reviewed: Dan Gertler

Created/expanded by Dennis Bratland (talk). Self nom at 06:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Well-researched, covers the topic in detail. Date is good, length is good.  Spot-check for close paraphrasing on the four most-heavily used online refs performed, material appears to be properly paraphrased or quoted.  The Interior  (Talk) 19:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg for main hook, AGF for ALT 1. Although it's a bit dense, I'd say the main hook has a more global appeal. Name-dropping the Decembrists will probably give more page views.  The Interior  (Talk) 19:20, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! FWIW, the stuff about the Ghost Bridge is actually all online, not only in the book. It's just that you have to sit through the whole 48 minute long MP3 audio at http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/wildwood-book-club/ . At first the moderator says they aren't going to have any spoilers, but the audience is all kids so they go right ahead and dive into the plot details, and Meloy and Ellis go right along with them. One of the kids came up with the theory that Wildwood takes place in the future, which prompted Meloy to verify that it takes place in the present and the reasons why the Ghost Bridge (St. Johns Bridge) is magic are revealed in later books. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:03, 13 December 2011 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that in Wildwood by The Decemberists' Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis (pictured), "bespectacled, bike-riding, vinyl-­browsing, Kurosawa-­referencing" Portland kids save a baby kidnapped by a murder of crows?
 * Comment ALT2 is the main hook, but adding mention of Carson Ellis and uses the author photo. Note that while Ellis is not a band member, she does The Decemberists' set designs, as well as album art and t-shirts, so if you read the hook as implying she is "of the Decemberists", that is not inaccurate. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:50, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I like ALT 2, and Editor Bratland must be given credit for going the extra mile and getting an image of the author and illustrator at a book signing. Great work!  The Interior  (Talk) 17:55, 13 December 2011 (UTC)