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(4.08) | 325 | Twelve-year-old September's ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess wants from the enchanted woods. |
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For all those who walked this strange road with me, and held out their hands when I faltered. This is a ship of our own making.  | |
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Chapter 1
Exeunt on a Leopard In Which a Girl Named September Is Spirited Off by Means of a Leopard, Learns the Rules of Fairyland, and Solves a Puzzle
Once upon a time, a girl named September grew very tired indeed of her parents' house, where she washed the same pink-and-yellow teacups and matching gravy boats every day, slept on the same embroidered pillow, and played with the same small and amiable dog.
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One ought not judge: All children are heartless. They have not grown up yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap so very high that grown-up hearts flutter in terror. Hearts weigh quite a lot. That is why it takes so long to grow one.
 Hats have power. They can change you into someone else.
 When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it is brighter and lovelier; it just means that sweet, kindly home suffers in comparison to tarted-up foreign places with all their jewels on.
 Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.  In September's world, many things began with pan. Pandemic, Pangaea, Panacea, Panoply. These were all big words, to be sure, but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.  Alive doesn't much care about anything but staying that way.  You are not the chosen one, September. Fairyland did not choose you -- you chose yourself.  | |
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▾Book descriptions Twelve-year-old September's ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess wants from the enchanted woods. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn’t . . . then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland. September is already making new friends, including a book-loving Wyvern and a mysterious boy named Saturday.
With exquisite illustrations by acclaimed artist Ana Juan, Fairyland lives up to the sensation it created when the author first posted it online. For readers of all ages who love the charm of Alice in Wonderland and the soul of The Golden Compass, here is a reading experience unto itself: unforgettable, and so very beautiful.
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Fairyland has rules. Magical, but uncaring. Like laws of physics.
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It's such a treat. It's got all the good bits!
They get dirty, they get hurt, they need to eat... Nothing is magically simple (except one bit, and it wasn't pleasant, not at all). There is Terrible Wickedness afoot, and hair is lost, and THERE IS TALK ABOUT FOOD. And some things are Terrible, though there isn't much on account of blood (I don't think?) There is even a not-dragon Wyverary who is part Library and part Wyvern. One might even like the Marquess a bit (or a lot) and feel sad for her and very very sorry (but not TOO much).
Oh but it was so bittersweet to read about Mallow in The Girl Who Ruled... after reading the book.
Hope you try and carve out some time to give this a nibble.
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