Description
Twelve-year-old September's ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess wants from the enchanted woods.
Series
Awards
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Finalist — 2009)
Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — Children's Literature — 2012)
Locus Award (Finalist — Young Adult Novel — 2012)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2012)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2011)
Media reviews
I won’t lie. Some folks do NOT like this book, and I can understand why that is. For me, though, this is just one of the smarter juxtapositions of the fantastical with the tongue-twisted. Here you have an author who clearly enjoys writing. And if that enjoyment seeps through the page and into the
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reader’s perceptions, then here is a book that they’ll clearly enjoy reading. A true original and like nothing you’ve really ever seen before. Show Less
Told by an omniscient narrator who directly engages readers, the densely textured text deftly mixes and matches familiar fairytale elements, creating a world as bizarre and enchanting as any Wonderland or Oz and a heroine as curious, resourceful and brave as any Alice or Dorothy. Complex, rich and
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memorable. Show Less
The book's appeal is crystal clear from the outset: this is a kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by way of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, made vivid by Juan's Tenniel-inflected illustrations.