Alex Keane reviewed The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland, #1)
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father …
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5 stars
I really enjoyed this one. It feels like an older story, like an Oz story.
September is a little girl who is whisked away from her home in Nebraska by personified wind riding a leopard. She arrives in Fairyland alone, and soon makes friends that she must help and protect as her quest spirals ever larger.
Valente's narrative voice is filled with exquisite prose and a narration that gently teases you on your way through the story.