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The Emerald Circus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616962739)
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Jane Yolen
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x2018 World Fantasy Award winner "The best book I've read in a long time."
--Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. In Jane Yolen's first full collection in more than ten years discover new and uncollected tales of beloved characters, literary legends, and much more. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility and sails away in a starship made of light. Alice's wicked nemesis has jaws and claws but really needs a sense of humor. Enter the Emerald Circus and be astonished by the transformations within.
Author: Jane Yolen
ISBN-10: 1616962739
ISBN-13: 9781616962739
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2017
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 31
Foreword 10/25/2017
Library Journal 11/15/2017 pg. 63
School Library Journal 12/01/2017 pg. 117
--Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. In Jane Yolen's first full collection in more than ten years discover new and uncollected tales of beloved characters, literary legends, and much more. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility and sails away in a starship made of light. Alice's wicked nemesis has jaws and claws but really needs a sense of humor. Enter the Emerald Circus and be astonished by the transformations within.
Author: Jane Yolen
ISBN-10: 1616962739
ISBN-13: 9781616962739
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2017
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 31
Foreword 10/25/2017
Library Journal 11/15/2017 pg. 63
School Library Journal 12/01/2017 pg. 117
By Jane Yolen
xJane Yolen has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She is the author of over three hundred and fifty books, including children's fiction, poetry, short stories, graphic novels, nonfiction, fantasy, and science fiction. Her publications include Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Starship and Sister Light, Sister Dark. Among her many honors are the Caldecott and Christopher Medals, multiple Nebula World Fantasy, Mythopoeic, Golden Kite, and Jewish Book awards; the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Science Fiction Poetry Grand Master Award. Yolen is also a teacher of writing and a book reviewer. She lives in Western Massachusetts and St. Andrew, Scotland.
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