Her favorite child, east-born Elise, dies young and Eugenia conceives another child to replace her, Rose. Years before, Eugenia was told by a skjebne-soke (a fortune teller) that any north child she had would die crushed beneath an avalanche of ice and snow, reinforcing her desire to never have a pure northern child. According to the birth-direction superstition held by Eugenia's family, the direction a woman faces when giving birth will affect the child's personality each direction foretells a different personality, and Eugenia believes north is wild and uncontrollable. When Arne married the superstitious Eugenia, he agreed to have seven children with her-one for each point of the compass, excluding north. It is an adaptation of an old Norwegian folk tale entitled " East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and was a 2003 ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. East (also known as North Child in the UK and Australia) is a 2003 novel by the author Edith Pattou.
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