### From School Library Journal Grade 9 UpFrank Beddor's clever novel (Dial, 2006) puts Lewis Carroll's heroinealong with her loony, puzzle-riddled worldinto a new and wholly satisfying frame. In this version, most of Alyss Heart's family and friends are ruthlessly killed by her evil Aunt Redd. Aly
The Looking Glass Wars
โ Scribed by Frank Beddor
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Year
- 2006;1847
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 516 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.
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