Pages: 261
Finished: April, 2008
Challenges:
**Once Upon A Time
** Twisted Fairy Tales
** Spring Reading Thing, 2008
First sentence: In the darkness, the heart of the fairy tale waited...
Last sentence: Exactly what she'd wished for.
Two words sum up my feelings about this book: delightful and clever!! This book was a pleasure to read--if fact I was able to read it in one day as I have been home sick from work for 2 weeks! Durst has quite an imagination and lovely writing style. I was hooked into the story from page 1 and really, I don't want to say much as I don't want to give anything away. I will say, apart from all the fun the author had with the twisting of the fairy tale genre, it is at the heart of the matter, a story of a journey. Both literally into the wild forest, but also for Julie as she comes to accept who she is, where she came from and where she can go!
From School Library Journal:
Something strange is trying to grow under 12-year-old Julie's bed. Her mother, Rapunzel, wants to keep it hidden, but The Wild is determined to escape and when it does, it turns Julie's town into a fairy tale on steroids. Rapunzel's been trying to lead a normal life, but now all the plots and patterns of the old stories threaten to ensnare everyone within reach, former fairy-tale characters and denizens of the modern suburbs, alike. Julie has to do some sleuthing, some quick thinking, and learn to negotiate her way past expected, stereotypical folkloric responses in order to break The Wild's hold on reality.
I LOVE that book!
ReplyDeleteThe title caught my eye because I thought it was one I'd read. Nope. Now I know of three books with this title. I wonder how many more there are.
ReplyDeleteGreat review. When a book hooks you right from the start there is really little else you have to say. It is one of the highest compliments you can pay to a book/author.
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