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Bardugo, Leigh. THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS : MIDNIGHT TALES AND DANGEROUS MAGIC Imprint (MPS), 2017 IL YA ISBN 978-1250122520 |
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How many of you have read the original Little Mermaid story? The one by Hans Christian Andersen? So you know that things didn’t end too well for the mermaid, right? What about Hansel & Gretel? Did you ever wonder about the dad and why he would put up with a wife who was happy to leave his children to die in the forest? Is there anyone else here who felt traumatized by the ending of The Velveteen Rabbit? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then The Language of Thorns is the book for you! It’s full of dark, twisted fairy tales with endings that you wish had been in the classics that we grew up with - mermaids that don’t give their life for a love interest who doesn’t know they exist, children who have a real happy ending rather than ending up with a weak neglectful parent, and princesses who are prized for their brains and resourcefulness, not their beauty. Make sure you pick up a print copy of this book so that you can enjoy the gorgeous illustrations that grow as you turn each page. ( Prepared by: Marti Brown, Westwood High School, martbrown@richland2.org for South Carolina Book Award) |
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Fantasy. |
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