Of Giants and Ice: The Ever Afters, Book 1
By Darienne Stewart,
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Derivative but fun fairy-tale adventure.
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- Families can talk about the trend of reimagining fairy tales for older audiences in books and films. Why do you think this is popular right now? What's the appeal?
- Characters play out their parts in familiar tales that repeat regularly, though with variations. Talk about archetypes, and find examples of fairy tale archetypes in diverse settings. Rapunzel, for example, is a sage -- like Dumbledore in Harry Potter and Merlin in the King Arthur tales.
Stories about special schools for witches, wizards, or kids with magical or super powers are also popular. What others have you read? How does this one compare?
Book Details
- Author: Shelby Bach
- Genre: Fantasy
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy , Adventures , Book Characters , Fairy Tales
- Book type: Fiction
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication date: July 24, 2012
- Publisher's recommended age(s): 8 - 12
- Number of pages: 352
- Available on: Paperback, Nook, Hardback, iBooks, Kindle
- Last updated: July 12, 2017
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