Synopses & Reviews
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.
Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
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“Unlike any children's book I've ever read...[it] holds up to multiple re-readings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be.” New York Times Book Review
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“A marvelous reworking of old stories that manages to be fresh, frightening, funny, and humane.” Wall Street Journal
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"Addictively compelling." School Library Journal, starred review
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"Charming and inventive...the perfect haunted book." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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"One of the year's best children's books." The Virginian-Pilot
Synopsis
Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm (and Grimm-inspired) fairy tales. An irreverent, witty narrator leads us through encounters with witches, warlocks, dragons, and the devil himself. As the siblings roam a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind the famous tales, as well as how to take charge of their destinies and create their own happily ever after. Because once upon a time, fairy tales were awesome.
About the Author
Adam Gidwitz taught in Brooklyn for eight years. Now, he writes full time which means he writes a couple of hours a day, and lies on his couch staring at the ceiling the rest of the time. As is the case with all of his books, everything in them not only happened in the real fairy tales
it all also happened to him. Really. Learn more at www.adamgidwitz.com, on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter: @AdamGidwitz.