The opening chapter does such a great job capturing Jack’s character and giving hints of who he’ll become come–and how much he needs to change to get there. Jack and May’s thrillingly hilarious adventure combines all the classic stories–fractured as a broken magic mirror–into one epic novel for the ages.Īnd here are the five things I loved most:ġ. May does need help, though–a huntsman is chasing her, her grandmother has been kidnapped, and Jack thinks it’s all because of the Wicked Queen…mostly because May’s grandmother just might be the long-lost Snow White. In fact, May doesn’t even believe in magic. Who’d want to rescue a snobby, entitled princess anyway? Especially one who falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says PUNK PRINCESS and still denies she’s royalty. After all, his father’s been missing ever since that incident with the beanstalk and the giant, and his grandfather keeps pushing him to get out and find a princess to rescue. Here’s the blurb for HALF UPON A TIME by James Riley: I don’t see myself writing one, but I do love reading them. Plus, you may have noticed I have a thing for fairy tale retellings. She recently reviewed the final installment in this series, and I had to check it out. It’s a book I first heard about on Shannon Messenger’s blog. I’m back! I took a couple of weeks off from Marvelous Middle Grade Monday to go on vacation and then catch up, but I do have a review this week. Mason & filed under Middle Grade Review, Reviews.
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