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Clarion Books (2001), Edition: None, Hardcover, 176 pages
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Pursued by greedy villains, two boys on a quest to save innocent lives meet the banished queen whose son was stolen by Rumpelstiltskin eleven years earlier, and she provides much more than the answer they seek.
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LibraryThing member Whisper1
If you like fairy tales this is a good book to read. This is the retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, done in a very clever and creative way.
After reading two excellent YA books by Schmidt, I am on a quest to read all of his writings. His images are crisp, the writing is good and he has the ability to
In this version, Rumpelstiltskin is not the ogre or creepy little guy who poses a riddle for his own gain, but rather, he has a unselfish reason to want the child.
Gary Schmidt depicts medieval life and political intrigue in a fascinating portrayal of "what if." What if the straw is spun into gold but the Miller's daughter cannot discover his name. What if Rumelstiltskin gets to keep the baby.
This is a quick, breezy read and while it is not in depth, it is delightful and I recommend it.
After reading two excellent YA books by Schmidt, I am on a quest to read all of his writings. His images are crisp, the writing is good and he has the ability to
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allow the reader to feel the emotions of the characters.In this version, Rumpelstiltskin is not the ogre or creepy little guy who poses a riddle for his own gain, but rather, he has a unselfish reason to want the child.
Gary Schmidt depicts medieval life and political intrigue in a fascinating portrayal of "what if." What if the straw is spun into gold but the Miller's daughter cannot discover his name. What if Rumelstiltskin gets to keep the baby.
This is a quick, breezy read and while it is not in depth, it is delightful and I recommend it.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2004)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2004)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2001)
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2001
Physical description
176 p.
ISBN
0618056017 / 9780618056019
UPC
046442056014
Local notes
"What fills a hand fuller than a skein of gold?" goes the riddle the King poses for two boys, Tousle and Innes, ordering them to answer it in seven days' time or be put to death. Hearing that the banished queen may have the answer they seek, the boys set out to find her. But the boys are in danger from the Great Barons and pursued by the King's Grip, who reveals the story of a strange little man who once spun straw into gold at the price of the queen's firstborn child. Tousle is shocked to realize that the man he calls Da is the strange little man from the story and that he himself might be the lost prince who was taken so many years before.
An imaginative retelling of Rumplestiltskin.
Signed by Schmidt and lined 'spin straw into gold'.
An imaginative retelling of Rumplestiltskin.
Signed by Schmidt and lined 'spin straw into gold'.