Howard,
A.G. Splintered. Amulet see Abrams, Harry 371p $17.95
978-1-4197-0428-4 2013 ms/hs E-BN Fantasy
Alyssa Gardner hears the thoughts of
plants and animals. Her great-great-great-grandmother
was Alice
Liddell, who told her magical stories to Lewis Carroll, who in turn spun them into the novel Alice
in Wonderland. This is Alyssa’s story about why she went back down the rabbit’s hole to free her family from
the curse of insanity. Alyssa’s home
life was centered on visiting her mother in an insane asylum. She also had to work
for spending money because of the expenses paid out for her mother’s support.
Alyssa’s hobby is collecting bugs, moths, and butterflies to
make beautiful mosaics. And as a typical
teenager she has a crush on Jeb, the boy next door. However, things are not right between Alyssa and her mother because of the curse
from Wonderland. Alyssa decides to go
down the rabbit hole with Jeb as her trusty companion.
While Alyssa is in Wonderland she finds that all is
not what she thought. The characters are different from what they were in Carroll’s novel (for example, Rabid White and Queen Grenadine), and it was all a game in which the characters played the parts
from a book written by a human. She also
learns that the original Alice did not come back to the real world. Instead, the
exiled Queen Grenadine escaped Wonderland and returned to the human world to marry
and give birth to netherlings (half human, half magical). The magic only passes through the female line, and since queens rule Wonderland, that makes Alyssa
heir to the lost throne of Wonderland.
The author has written an alternate
magical interpretation of the Alice In Wonderland story. Readers will love the
characters’ antics and outlandish behavior. The magical wonders of Wonderland and the unique abilities of the
fantasy
characters will encourage many a reader to wonder about the magical world of plants and
animals in their own gardens.
Fantasy–Fiction, Alice in
Wonderland–Spinoffs --Linda
McNeil
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