the girl who circumnavigated fairyland: in a ship of her own making
Catherynne M. Valente
- US Constable & Robinson ltd c2011
- 328 illustrations 19cm
September is a twelve- year- old girl from omaha. With her dad fighting a faraway war, and her mum always out at work, she is lonely stuck in rut and starved of adventure. So when a green wind arrives at her own window and invites her to fairyland she accept in a flash ( mightn'y you?) But fairyland is in crisis, crushed by the iron rule of the villainous Marquess and september holds the key to restoring order. With a book- loving dragon and a mysterious boy named saturday by her side, she sets out on a thrilling quest to fix things. But time is short, and time is ticking, and every story must have an ending. Can september save fairyland? can she even save herself?