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The Looking Glass Warsby Frank Beddor
A retelling of the Alice in Wonderland stories (does L. Carroll get any royalty checks?) in a more fantasy-battle tone... Alice in the Matrix, with Keanu Reeves as the Mad Hatter. Despite the lead character being a princess, boys will enjoy this book -- plenty of action and weapons to recreate on the playground.
Quick read, a good page-turner, and leads into re-reading the original Alice books next (which I haven't done in a looooong time); one thing I'm going to try with my boys and our library visits this year is to "connect the dots" with their reading choices. This book leads to Alice in Wonderland, a Lewis Carroll bio, or another book with Queens and Kings, or maybe "How to shuffle cards like a Vegas dealer" -- well, I might not allow that last one in case I get busted for teaching gambling, but I want them to keep track of what they read and see how the books/authors are connected in a "six degrees of..." way.
We'll see if it works...
5 comments:
i love the idea of "connecting" the books you and your boys read! i'll be interested to hear more about it as you try it out.
I read the Alice books last year and hope to read this series this year as they come well recommended. I love re-tellings with a fantasy vibe so think I will enjoy it. Are you going to read Seeing Redd too?
rhinoa: yes, as soon as my sons finish it... just read Book of Lost Things another (dark) twist on fantasy/fairy tales...
Yes I saw on LIbrarything. I can't wait to read it this year, it has had amazing reviews and I am so glad I have the paperback with the original fairy tales at the back.
Whoa, this sounds so weird! I never even heard of it. I really want to read it now, after I finish the read along of the originals.
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