It actually reminded me of a thing I read by Russ Moore years ago though, where he talked about parents talking with their kids when theyre scared at night, or when theyre worried about monsters or something. Janner tells himself he is just looking out for Tink but he enjoys every bit of the adventure. Andrew Peterson: Thats whats great about Breaking Bad, right? Its funny to me, but I get emails and comments from people that are like, Hey, so Im just curious, you have a barber in the town named J. Bird, is that a Jayber Crow reference? But I would say Harry Potter was another thing that kind of kick-started it, because those books were coming out as I was working on the Wingfeather books, and at the time, if you were a Harry Potter fan, you had this deep suspicion (that was really a deep hope) that she was going where it felt like she was going with the story, which was really a Christian story, whether or not shes a Christian herself. Janner comes back, right? For more book reviews, go to www.readingandreaders.com. Or Be Eaten, then The Monster in the Hollows and the last book is The Warden and the Wolf King. And the way that that gets expressed is a little bit different for the parents, because I mean you show it really beautifully I think with Podo at the end of North! So I abandoned fantasy. "The rain beat on the windows and sides of the house, but Peet had sealed the structure well. Coming back to our epic story, Janner goes to the Dragon Day Festival. @gretald You should read the alternate ending zoe wrote. In the meantime, we read Wingfeather and reflect on what that world there has to teach us of this world here. Home Page Forums Fiction Writing Book Discussions Wingfeather Saga. Janner Igiby is a 12 year old boy who wants to sail the world. He failed his mother and his grandfather. It should be considered Christian literature. At the beginning of the story Janner is twelve, Kalmar (whose nickname is Tink) is eleven, and their little sister Leeli is nine. But that moment, where I was like, Ooh, their story isnt over yet led to what I love the most about the whole story, which was the ending, the last-last part. You know what I mean? Andrew Peterson: At the expense of what couldve been a good story! So it was tricky, but part of the goal was to make it clear that this family works best when theyre together. So thats the thing, thats what I dont like when I read a lot of fantasy, is this feeling that whoevers writing this is mainly interested in taverns, and dwarves, and magic. Youre beloved. They both had classical training, and could probably read The Iliad in its original language. And yet, youre able to convey aspects of what drives them and what motivates them through their actions, and we do get these glimmers into what theyre afraid of, what they care about.