โ Scribed by Robert Paul Weston
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Once upon a time was a long time ago in Henry Whelps city. Now, the fairies are gone, and with them, their magical fairydust. Corporations manufacture synthetic dust to sell over the counter, while uncut nixiedust gets hawked by shady foxes in dark alleyways. But Henry never touches the stuff since his father went berserk and murdered a red-hooded girl and her granny on behalf of a golden-touch gangster named Skinner. See, dust is the stuff of miracles and fulfills destinies, which is fine if youre a princess, but can lead to a big bad fate for a wolf like Henry. The premise is fractured fairy tale, but the play is pure noir: Chinatown via the Brothers Grimm. Henry gets in deep with Skinners crew to exonerate his dad and trips his way into a scheme to return the animalia (wolves, ravens, and the like) to their primitive state. The ending feels like its missing a twist or two, but the clever setup and gutting of fairy-tale tropes will garner plenty of enthusiasm. Grades 7-10. --Ian Chipman
"Weston deftly tucks his fairy-tale tropes into this thought-provoking mystery." --_Kirkus_
"Weston has created a tightly paced mystery, a coming of age story, and a vivid fantasy...Dust City is a winner." --_Quill and Quire_
"Dust City is so creative...As soon as I read the first page, I was hooked." --Teens Read Too
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