Wednesday 20 March 2013

Currently Reading: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
By  Catherynne M. Valente

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 . . .

3 comments:

Pôl Jackson said...

Love love love this book.

Pôl Jackson said...

Love love love this book! Best book I read in 2012.

Er, I mean, except for the Peter Grant books, of course! (Whew. Close one.)

Fade said...

Oh, this is such a marvelous book that when the sequel came out, I was afraid it couldn't possibly be as good. But it was.