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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente - ISBN: 9781780339818
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A heartless girl’s whimsical journey to save a crushed Fairyland.

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

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    336 pages

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    7 March 2016

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Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780339818
ISBN-10:178033981X
Author:Catherynne M. Valente
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Corsair
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:7 March 2016
Weight:261g
Dimensions:134mm x 200mm x 22mm
Series:Fairyland
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Critics Review

A glorious balancing act between modernism and the Victorian Fairy Tale, done with heart and wisdom.

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.

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.

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. - Time

About The Author

Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente began September’s adventures in instalments on the Web; the project won legions of fans and also the CultureGeek Best Web Fiction of the Decade award. She lives with her husband on an island off the coast of Maine.

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