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


Fairyland Series

No. of pages 336

Published: 2013

Great for age 9-12 years

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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 . . .

 

 

This book features in the following series: Fairyland Series, Playaway Children .

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Little, Brown Book Group .

Catherynne M. Valente is the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Much-in-Little, 2012). She lives on an island off the coast of Maine.

 

This book is in the following series:

Playaway Children

Fairyland Series

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 *

 

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