The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Author: Valente, Catherynne M.
Reading Age: 10 to 11 Fifth Class, 11 to 13 Sixth Class
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Illustrator: N/A
ISBN-13: 9781780339818
Number of pages: 336
Book Description
September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to F... Read more
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Book Description
September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland – well, of course, she accepts (mightn’t you?). When she gets there, she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a villainous Marquess – she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order. As September forges her way through Fairyland, with a book-loving dragon and a boy named Saturday by her side, she makes many friends and mistakes. But while she loses her shadow, her shoe and her way, she finds adventure, courage, a rather special Spoon, and a lot more besides . . .
Review
A glorious balancing act between modernism and the Victorian Fairy Tale, done with heart and wisdom. (Neil Gaiman )
An Alice in Wonderland for the 21st century… So effortless, so vivid, so funny. Every page has a phrase or observation to savour and her characters are wondrous creations. (Sunday Telegraph )
A charming modern fairytale…with a knowing twinkle in its eye (Telegraph )
Bundles of imagination and wry wit… This is a sophisticated world of forfeits, paradoxes and tricks. (Financial Times )
A mad, toothsome romp of a fairy tale – full of oddments, whimsy, and joy. (Holly Black )
If you haven’t heard of Catherynne Valente, give it time. She’s only 32, and she’s writing at a furious pace. Valente brings fathomless inventiveness to her fiction… A book for young adults, rich and strange enough for grown-ups, too. (Lev Grossman )
A whole esoteric world of whimsy – Alice meets the Wizard of Oz meets the Persephone story with a whiff of Narnia. (Independent on Sunday )
…it is in fact one of the most extraordinary works of fantasy for adults or children so far this century. (Lev Grossman Time )
Sweet fairytale, shot through with salty tears – magic! (Cory Doctorow )
Get swept away by this charming book (Vogue )
Pure escapism (Bliss magazine )
Book Description
Prepare to be swept away to a land unlike any other, with a cast of friends you’ll have for life. A charming modern fairytale with crossover appeal, full of ‘oddments, wisdom and joy’ (Holly Black)
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