Catherynne M. Valente tarjoaa moneen suuntaan polveilevan sadun, jossa kaksitoistavuotias tyttö matkustaa satumaahan, ja edessä on monenlaisia sattumuksia: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Little, Brown Book Group, 2012; ISBN 9781780338620).
Sadun kertominen vaatii melkomoista taitoa, ja Valente onnistuu siinä mainiosti, puhutellen aika ajoin lukijaa tuttavallisesti, paljastaen asioita ohimennen, ja samalla tuntuu että sadun maailmasta löytyy loputtomasti ihmeellisyyksiä, niin että arjen asiat näyttäytyvät melkolailla uudessa valossa.
September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland - well, of course, she accepts (mightn't you?). When she gets there, she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a villainous Marquess - she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order.
As September forges her way through Fairyland, with a book-loving dragon and a boy named Saturday by her side, she makes many friends and mistakes. But while she loses her shadow, her shoe and her way, she finds adventure, courage, a rather special Spoon, and a lot more besides...
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