# The Witching Wind

**Author:** Natalie Lloyd
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 294
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9781338858624`
**ISBN-10:** `1338858629`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-witching-wind
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

From Natalie Lloyd, author of A Snicker of Magic, comes a magical middle-grade story about a mysterious wind, an old curse, and a girl who must find her courage. Selected for the 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (grades 3-5), chosen each year by the Oklahoma Library Association.

## Themes

- magic
- courage
- family

## Content notes

- mild peril

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

### Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)

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