The Friday 56 | The Looking Glass Wars

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Happy Friday!

Apparently, today is Lewis Carroll's birthday—so I had to pull a slightly battered copy of a reimagining of his classic work, The Looking Glass Wars, from my shelf for this week's peek at a 56th page. Enjoy!


"'Even you cannot take away what is mine by birthright,' she snarled and placed a deadly pink mushroom on her mother's tongue."

A photo posted by Hallie | Book by Book (@h.szott) on Jan 27, 2017 at 4:35pm PST

ABOUT THE BOOK

Alyss of Wonderland?

When Alyss Heart, newly orphaned heir to the Wonderland throne, flees through the Pool of Tears to escape her murderous Aunt Redd, she finds herself lost and alone in Victorian London. Befriended by an aspiring author named Lewis Carroll, Alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Alyss trusts this author to tell the truth so that someone, somewhere will find her and bring her home. But he gets the story all wrong. He even spells her name incorrectly! 

Fortunately, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan knows all too well the awful truth of Alyss' story - and he's searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland, to battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts. 

The Looking Glass Wars unabashedly challenges our Wonderland assumptions of mad tea parties, grinning Cheshire cats, and a curious little blond girl to reveal an epic battle in the endless war for Imagination.

So, what do you think?