Valente, Catherine M. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, pgs. 256. Feiwell and Friends, 2011. $16.99. Language: G; Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG;Twelve-year old September is an ordinary girl with an ordinary life until one day while washing a dish, she is swept away by the Green Wind (on the back of a jaguar) who takes her to fairyland. There she is set on a quest to retrieve a lost item of the Marquess, the young ruler of fairyland who’s motives are suspect. A delightful, magical story with a great heroine who is smart, resourceful and brave. The language is poetic and beautifully written. A modern classic. MS - ESSENTIAL. J. Bingham
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