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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

By Catherynne M. Valente, Ana Juan (Illustrator)

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| Hardcover | 9780312649616

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Book Description

welve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that herContinue

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I've just finished re-reading this story (this time in book format) and it's once again as wonderful as the first time. Born as a book within a book, Fairyland grew into the story of September, a young girl who is whisked into Fairyland and ends up having Adventures, meeting a Wiverary (part wyvern, ... (continue)

I've just finished re-reading this story (this time in book format) and it's once again as wonderful as the first time. Born as a book within a book, Fairyland grew into the story of September, a young girl who is whisked into Fairyland and ends up having Adventures, meeting a Wiverary (part wyvern, part library) and several other friends, rescuing a Witch's Spoon, riding on a Leopard, and more and more and more. Set into a pseudo-Victorian frame but historically close to World War 2 and with a distinct modern sensibility, the book melts all of its elements and ingredients into a delicious stew that is so much more than the single sum to its parts and is, in fact, a door into this wonderful Fairyland.

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