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

By: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrated by: Catherynne M. Valente
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September is a girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of course she accepts. (Mightn’t you?) But Fairyland is in turmoil, and it will take one 12-year-old girl, a book-loving dragon, and a strange and almost human boy named Saturday to vanquish an evil Marquess and restore order.

©2011 Catherynne M. Valente (P)2013 Audible Ltd Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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"This is a kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by way of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - it's the sort of book one doesn't want to end." ( Publisher's Weekly)
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The thing that attracted me to this book was the interesting yet extremely long winded title. And yet it wasn't quite the fairytale story I expected, don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it but in a different way to how I would enjoy other fairytales.

One oddity that I can't understand is why there are so many authors out there that envision their fairytale worlds' to be a mix of fairytale and more of the most horrible parts about reality instead of more of the best parts of fantasy - like magic and friends and laughter and quests, etc... But alas, this story has all that but it also has a lot of the not so good stuff - like leaving home and being alone and getting injured and life just being extremely difficult and unfair and meeting dreadful people, etc... I felt so sorry for September during her horribly sad though unusual journey through fairyland, exacerbated by the narrators melancholic tone.

This book has more grownup problems and themes than you may expect from a fairytale. But there is an interesting story being told with adventures and fantastical creatures which is what all fantasy readers are looking for. Would I have wanted to read this when I was 12 years old, probably not, but it does make a lot more sense from my side of 21. Or possibly I would have read a different story when I was 12 and hadn't left home on my own and would have been unable to fill the sad bits with my own personal hardships. The author may be right about children being heartless and it taking a long time for children to grow a big enough heart to care.

Definitely worth a read for all fantasy fans!

Fairytales and growing up...

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Beautiful language a treasure chest of golden original ideas. Perfect in every way i think i just found my favourite book of all time cant wait to read the next installment. I never review i loved it.

I adored this book from beginning to end

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Tempted beyond measure not to buy the sequel right now. Despite all the things that were on my reading list first by rights.

Exactly as a fairy story should be

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I loved it. It made me feel like I was there.
I wish it was longer. A must read for those who enjoyed the books by R.L La fevers
you should definitely read it 💖💗💘💝💞💟💓💕💜💛💚💙

best book ever! 💖

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Meet September a girl who wanted to get away from her boring life. A girl without an ordinary brain. September goes on a strange adventure to Fairyland, she learns that sometimes things are not as easy as they seem. Meet a very strange group of people that teach her a number of lessons that she would never have learned otherwise. Taught her a way of accepting others and herself in many ways. A traditional growing up story with some big words brought in to boot. Do not see it as a growing up story you are better off reading it for the interesting mix of characters.

Traditional growing up story

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