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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
This was the final 2011 ABC Book Club book hosted by Calico Reaction. The one word I noticed most of us using when discussing this book was "delightful." That's because it is. It's an excellent fairytale that stems from the old styles like Alice in Wonderland and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Valente knows how to use her colors, scents, textures, and more to really bring Fairyland to life as the protagonist, an ordinary girl named September, travels through it. She vows to return a spoon to a witch, stop the evil Marquess, keep her newfound friends A-Through-L and Saturday safe, and not eat any fairy food. Of course, the evil Marquess has the witch's spoon, the Marquess isn't actually what she appears to be, A-Through-L claims to be part library, and Saturday longs for the sea. Oh, and not eating fairy food is pretty much impossible. This is an excellent book for children, adults, or really anyone with an active imagination and loves to go on romps to forests where it is always autumn and towns that are made entirely of fabrics. Yippee!
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