Mention Books Toward Into the Woods (Eden Sisters #1)
| Original Title: | Into the Woods |
| ISBN: | 038575115X (ISBN13: 9780385751155) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Eden Sisters #1 |
| Characters: | Aurora (Goddess) |
Lyn Gardner
Hardcover | Pages: 427 pages Rating: 3.96 | 1173 Users | 167 Reviews
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Storm, Aurora, and Anything Eden live in a decaying mansion on the edge of the wilds with their erstwhile father and indolent mother. When an accident leaves them orphaned and at the mercy of the sinister Dr. DeWilde, these three courageous and eccentric sisters are forced to flee into the woods, where they encounter kidnappers, sweet-filled orphanages, mountains of ice, diamond mines, and some ravenously hungry wolves.Taking inspiration from numerous fairytales and weaving them into a wholly original story, Into the Woods is a whirlwind of a novel, full of imaginative happenings and dastardly deeds.
Point Regarding Books Into the Woods (Eden Sisters #1)
| Title | : | Into the Woods (Eden Sisters #1) |
| Author | : | Lyn Gardner |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 427 pages |
| Published | : | June 12th 2007 by David Fickling Books (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Adventure. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Juvenile. Young Adult |
Rating Regarding Books Into the Woods (Eden Sisters #1)
Ratings: 3.96 From 1173 Users | 167 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books Into the Woods (Eden Sisters #1)
Read this in like 4th grade. I remember loving it. One of the very first "chapter books" I've ever read. Year is accurate, month and day are random.I liked it. It started off extremely well, 4 or 5 star worthy but sort of petered off for me. Still worth the read though, if you're hesitant.As another side note before I continue, I found this book when I went looking for a book about "Into the Woods", the Stephen Sondheim musical, when I saw they were making a movie out of it. This book has nothing to do with the musical; but (like the musical) it happens to be a mash-up of fairy tales.Overall, I very much enjoyed this novel and I flew the
Ugh...This is one of THOSE books. It's all going great until you come to the point where the main character could have made an easy decision and saved everyone but she didn't. Why didn't she? It completely killed the interest I had in the book. I really had no desire to read it anymore after this one particular turning point. Was the author just trying to make it a longer book? There was no reason given as to why this character didn't make the easy decision. In fact, this particular action was
A very clever mashup of many different fairytales. I picked it to read out loud to a younger (not by much) sibling and ended up enjoying it as much as she did despite my slightly higher-than-intened-audience age!
Into the Woods is a fairytale mashup of mainly a feminist take on The Pied Piper, but with also The Snow Queen, Hansel and Gretel and Red Riding Hood. I originally wrote a very long and winding review about this, then realized I was putting way too much analyzation into a simple children's book.Or maybe not: much of the action and goriness (thankfully mainly unDisneyfied and mainly true to Anderson/Grimm work) seems too graphic or just inappropriate for younger children. Topics like cannibalism,
This was another one of those bizarre library books that I, to this day, have no idea how or why I found. It made me inexplicably uncomfortable, and I'm pretty sure that it's to blame for several reoccurring nightmares. Remembering reading this STILL makes my skin crawl, to be honest.
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