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Into the Wild

by Sarah Durst

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Twelve-year-old Julie has grown up hearing about the dangerous world of fairy tales,“The Wild” from which her mother, Rapunzel, escaped.

Now The Wild wants its characters back. Julie comes home from school to find her mother gone and a deep, dark forest swallowing her hometown. Julie must fight wicked witches, avoid glass slippers and fairy godmothers, fly griffins, and outwit ogres in order to rescue her mom and save her Massachusetts town from becoming a fairy-tale kingdom.

Sarah Beth Durst weaves a postmodern fairy tale tha‛s fresh, funny, and sweetly poignant.

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Sarah Beth Durst lives in Stonybrook, New York. This is her first novel.
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BookwyrmChrysalis, January 31, 2008 (view all comments by BookwyrmChrysalis)
Fairytales have rules and order to them, and I’m always in love with books that examine and play with that structure. Some, like Talking with Dragons and Ella Enchanted, do a good job blending the stereotypes and expected consequences into a brand new, and usually funny, story. Into the Wild though is in that rare class of book that actually takes on the essence of the fairytale itself, making it into a beast with a mind of its own. The only other book I can think of that did this well is an adult series called Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey. In those books, fairytales have a magic of their own called the tradition, and it strives to shape people’s lives into those tales. Here, the Wild is a physical entity, taking over the Earth and forcing all within it into its own mold.

Julie was also a great main characters: strong, determined, flawed, and realistic. I'm not one for lecturing on "Oh, well, that is a great role model for young girls," but if you're going to get your role models from fiction, Julie is a great one. The humanity of her character is core to the story, just like it should be in any fantasy story. It doesn't matter the setting--books are about the people we are and the people we might become.

full review - yafantasy.com/into-the-wild/
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ISBN:
9781595141569
Author:
Durst, Sarah
Publisher:
Razorbill
Author:
Durst, Sarah Beth
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Fairy tales
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - General
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
20070621
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
from 5 up to 12
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.60x5.82x.94 in. .82 lbs.
Age Level:
03-UP
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