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The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

By Catherynne M. Valente & Ana Juan
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente & Ana Juan digital book - Fable

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This final book in the New York Times-bestselling Fairyland series finds September accidentally crowned the Queen of Fairyland. But there are others who believe they have a fair and good claim on the throne, so there is a Royal Race--whoever wins will seize the crown.

Along the way, beloved characters including the Wyverary, A-Through-L, the boy Saturday, the changelings Hawthorn and Tamburlaine, the wombat Blunderbuss, and the gramophone Scratch are caught up in the madness. And September's parents have crossed the universe to find their daughter.

Who will win? What will become of September, Saturday, and A-Through-L? The answers will surprise you, and are as bewitching and bedazzling as fans of this series by Catherynne M. Valente have come to expect.

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92 Reviews

4.5
“I am a big fan of Catherynne. I've enjoyed all her previous Fairyland books hence why I was so excited to read this one. Unfortunately it didn't deliver. I found the story sort of jumbled up and incoherent. It failed to connect. Only halfway through did I manage to grasp story, or what was left of it. But all is not lost. The end was exciting despite my disappointment about the throne. Recap: September becomes the queen of Fairyland but the other previous kings and queens wanted the throne to themselves. So they have to compete on Catenkerous Derby where they have to find the Heart of Fairyland. If you lose, you'll be send back to wherever you came from. On their way, lots of duels and happening happened which cause Saturday to almost forget them. In the end September and Saturday became Wind. Buss became queen (WHAT? ) and turned out is in relationship with the Wyverary. Story 3/5 Characters 4/5 Development 3/5 Style of writing 3/5 Enjoyment 3/5 Overall 3.2/5”
Slightly Smiling Face“I’m very fond of this series. It’s beautifully written, imaginative, with a likeable cast. Definitely worth a reread some time down the road.”
“I'm going to have to re-read this later because I'm not an audio-book person. While I can appreciate them, I'm just too scatterbrained to pay attention. It kind of becomes background noise and I miss important details and I'm too stubborn to rewind. I'm going to wait until the paperback though.”

About Catherynne M. Valente

CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE is the author of over a dozen books of fiction and poetry, and is best-known for her urban speculative fiction, including Palimpsest (winner of the 2010 Lambda Award), and The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden. The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home, her first novel for young readers, was posted online in 2009 and won the Andre Norton Award—the first book to ever win before traditional publication. Cat Valente lives on an island off the coast of Maine with her partner, two dogs, and an enormous cat.

ANA JUAN is a world-renowned illustrator known in this country for her wonderful covers for the New Yorker magazine, as well as the children's books The Night Eater, and Frida, written by Jonah Winter. She lives in Spain.

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