The Boy Who Lost Fairyland Contributor(s): Valente, Catherynne M. (Author), Juan, Ana (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1250073324 ISBN-13: 9781250073327 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - General - Young Adult Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2014042417 |
Lexile Measure: 950 |
Series: Fairyland |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 174542 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of the most extraordinary works of fantasy, for adults or children, published so far this century.-Time magazine, on the Fairyland series When a young troll named Hawthorn is stolen from Fairyland by the Red Wind, he becomes a changeling-a human boy-in the strange city of Chicago, a place no less bizarre and magical than Fairyland. Left with a human family, Hawthorn struggles with his troll nature and his changeling fate, while attending school and learning about human kindnesses-and un-kindnesses. In a starred review, Kirkus noted, Every page of this book contains at least one stunning sentence. Valente's descriptions of the human world make it sound like an exotic place, even when she just lists things to see: diamonds and dinosaur bones and Canadian geese and the Cathedral of Notre Dame and ballpoint pens. Readers may wish the words were food, so they could eat them up. And they may keep reading this series for just as long as people have been arguing about Oz. In this fourth installment of her saga, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, Catherynne M. Valente's wisdom and wit will charm readers of all ages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Juan, Ana: - ANA JUAN is a world-renowned illustrator known in this country for her wonderful covers for the New Yorker magazine, as well as the children's books The Night Eater, and Frida, written by Jonah Winter. She lives in Spain.Valente, Catherynne M.: - Catherynne M. Valente, the acclaimed author of many books for adults, made her children's book debut with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. She lives on an island off the coast of Maine with her husband. |