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Gr 4–7—Based on the Brontë siblings' real-life juvenilia, this new book by the author of the popular "Fairyland" series should generate excitement among both "Fairyland" and Brontë fans. The novel opens with teenage Emily and Charlotte preparing to return to boarding school. They are justifiably unhappy about the trip, considering that their two older sisters died of a fever while away at school. Their younger sister, Anne, and older brother, Branwell, go along to see them off—but instead of going to school, al...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Valente draws on the writings of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë in this fantasy in which the Brontë children, on the brink of returning to a hated boarding school, find themselves caught up in a whirling fantasy world consisting of their own juvenile writings come to life. The imagery of their imaginative games--wars involving Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, the invented countries of Gondal and Angria, and the children's famous wooden soldiers--takes on new life in an extended series of physical puns, which Branwell recognizes as a "marvelously w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Valente draws on the writings of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë in this fantasy in which the Brontë children, on the brink of returning to a hated boarding school, find themselves caught up in a whirling fantasy world consisting of their own juvenile writings come to life. The imagery of their imaginative games--wars involving Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, the invented countries of Gondal and Angria, and the children's famous wooden soldiers--takes on new life in an extended series of physical puns, which Branwell recognizes as a "marvelously w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More