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The Great Good Thing

By Townley, Roderick & Townley, Rod

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Nothing ever changes inside the storybook kingdom inhabited by twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie, her parents, and many other characters until Sylvie discovers that by allying herself with the Reader she can experience new adventures beyond the confines of the book. Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing changes, even the characters' rush to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader.

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ISBN
978-0-68984-324-2
Publisher
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on July 1, 2001

Gr 4-7 The characters in a fairy tale are also the major characters in this novel, and they become involved in the lives of its readers. Within the pages of a storybook, 12-year-old Sylvie, a princess, refuses to consider marriage until she accomplishes one "Great Good Thing," and goes off to aid several animals in distress. Sylvie also violates the cardinal rule of storybooks and looks her Reader right in the eye, establishing a lasting bond with her. She lives the role of an adve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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